Dear Reader,

 

Thank you very much for picking up The Dirty Dozen, the fifth novel in the Jane Tennison thriller series. I’ve been so pleased by the response I’ve had from the many readers who have been curious about the beginnings of Jane’s police career. It’s been great fun for me to explore how she became the woman we know in middle and later life from the Prime Suspect series, and I hope you have enjoyed reading this book as much as I enjoyed writing it.

In The Dirty Dozen, Jane has started a new job in the Sweeney – a boys’ club who dub themselves ‘the Dirty Dozen’. Throughout her policing career, Jane, like many other women in the 1980s, has faced barriers to climbing the career ladder, and these difficulties are what have helped her to become the tough woman she is at the beginning of the book. The Sweeney is a whole different ballgame, though, and Jane really struggles to prove herself, before eventually being instrumental in taking down the criminals. As I’ve consistently said, I very much enjoy writing strong female protagonists, and it’s been wonderful to have the opportunity to keep delving into Jane’s story and to see her going from strength to strength in her policing career.

If you enjoyed The Dirty Dozen, then please do read the first four novels in the Jane Tennison series, Tennison, Hidden Killers, Murder Mile and Good Friday, which are now available in paperback and ebook. There is also a lot more going on. I reworked my first ever novel, Widows, which was published in 2018, and was also turned into a major feature film written by Steve McQueen. I followed this up with Widows’ Revenge. The third book in the series, She’s Out, will be publishing later this year. I’m now working on a whole new series, a spin off from Widows, with a central character who has really taken hold of my imagination. The first book in the new series will be coming in 2020 and I’m looking forward to revealing more in due course.

If you would like more information about what I’m working on, or about the Jane Tennison thriller series, you can visit www.bit.ly/LyndaLaPlanteClub where you can join My Readers’ Club. It only takes a few moments to sign up, there are no catches or costs and new members will automatically receive an exclusive message from me. Zaffre will keep your data private and confidential, and it will never be passed on to a third party. We won’t spam you with loads of emails, just get in touch now and again with news about my books, and you can unsubscribe any time you want. And if you would like to get involved in a wider conversation about my books, please do review The Dirty Dozen on Amazon, on GoodReads, on any other e-store, on your own blog and social media accounts, or talk about it with friends, family or reader groups! Sharing your thoughts helps other readers, and I always enjoy hearing about what people experience from my writing.

With many thanks again for reading The Dirty Dozen, and I hope you’ll return for my new series in 2020.

 

With my very best wishes,

 

Lynda