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Above Suspicion follows the work of D.C. Anna Travis, a rookie detective determined to prove herself in the male-dominated police department by solving a trail of gruesome murders left by an unknown serial killer.
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- Above Suspicion
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- Deadly Intent
- Backlash
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Anna Travis is a fictional character who features in the Above Suspicion books by Lynda La Plante. She is a Detective and the books pick up when she is a trainee detective. She gets her first murder case in the first novel. She has to win over the respect of her male counterparts and takes a risk with a high risk suspect. The books then go on to fo...
Lynda La Plante’s novels were turned into a TV show in 2009. The TV show was called Above Suspicion, after her first novel. The TV show is based on the books, which are about DC Anna Travis.
This series was based on her first novel and it sees DC Anna Travis, who is still a trainee at this point, getting her first murder case. It is a cold case from eight years ago, with a new victim being found. With the new victim, Anna is able to find new evidence but the case is still very confusing because the type of victim has changed. Kelly Rei...
Series two was based on La Plante’s second novel of the same name, Red Dahlia. Reilly reprised her role as Anna Travis and La Plante did the adaptations for the show herself. In the series, Travis discovers there is a copycat killer on the loose who is copying the famous Black Dahlia case from California. The case begins with the discovery of a you...
The third series was based on her fourth book, Deadly Intent. In this book, the team is called in to investigate the murder of a former police officer. Their investigation takes them to a drug dealer who disappeared 10 years ago but is still on the FBI’s Most Wanted list. The third series was still very well received by the networks but there was a...
Backlash was the 8th novel in the Anna Travis series and was released in 2012. It was an instant hit and her fans are eagerly awaiting the next installment (see below) In this novel, James Langton is haunted by an unsolved case from 13 years ago in which a 13 year old girl disappeared from a street in London. The catch was that the street was very ...
La Plante is set to release her new Anna Travis book, Wrongful Death, this year. In this book, Travis and Langton are re-opening an old case that was thought to be a suicide. A London night club owner is thought to have shot himself in the head, but new evidence emerges that it was actually a murder. During the course of the investigation, Travis i...
Lynda La Plante was born on March 15th 1943, in Liverpool, in the UK. She is the author of the Anna Travis novels, but she is best known for being the creator of the Prime Suspect TV series, which has been on TV for a number of years. The TV show itself has recently been made in America and it is very successful. However, she did not start off as a...
This was when she got her first book deal with Pan McMillan. Her first book was released in 1987 and was an instant best-seller. Fans of her TV show were also reading her books. This not stop her writing for TV though and for most of her career, she has written books as well as screenplays. She wrote one movie in 1992, called Seekers, which starred...
Lynda was so successful with her TV shows and her books that she decided to make her own television production company, called La Plante Productions. Through this company she has written many TV shows in the UK, all of which have been very successful. The one that is still on TV now is the famous Trial and Retribution. She has also had success on t...
Mon, Jan 5, 2009. S1.E2. Above Suspicion: Part 2. Langton permits rookie Anna Travis to go on a date to the ballet with actor Alan Daniels, the prime suspect in serial killings involving low-rent prostitutes to gain information and mislead him. 7.5/10.
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Anna Travis is a Detective Inspector in London. Above Suspicion (Anna Travis, #1), The Red Dahlia (Anna Travis, #2), Clean Cut (Anna Travis, #3), Deadly ...
Detective Chief Inspector Anna Travis heads up investigating his apparent disappearance - under the watchful eye of Detective Chief Superintendent Langton, who treats Anna as his protégée. The investigation starts in Hounslow but extends to the surfing beaches of Newquay and other areas in Cornwall.
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Aug 24, 2021 · DCI Anna Travis is scheduled to leave for training at Quantico, as part of an exchange between the Met and the FBI. But before she can leave, she’s got to review the case thanks to her boss, DCS James Langton.
Jun 1, 2011 · DCI Anna Travis has a lot to prove. To Detective Chief Superintendent James Langton, her boss and former lover, she has to prove she’s up to the job of being a Detective Chief Inspector for the Murder Squad.
