Many of us lie awake wondering whether we can pay the mortgage. The night before we meet, Lynda La Plante lay awake worrying whether it’s possible to find DNA on a body obliterated by a bomb explosion ...

La Plante’s so-so sequel to 2020’s Buried starts more strongly than it finishes. Like many a maverick cop, Det. Sgt. Jack Warr, of the Metropolitan Police, has a “reputation for doggedly following his ...

If it was La Plante's intention to create a character far removed from her memorable Jane Tennison (of Prime Suspect fame), she has succeeded in this sequel to Cold Shoulder. Where the upright, ...

In Great Britain, Lynda La Plante is considered the Bard of Bad, the playwright laureate of women crime stoppers. She is certainly best known in the United States for creating and developing the ...

Prime Suspect’s fearless detective Jane Tennison may have gone, but at the age of 82 her creator Lynda La Plante is introducing another crime-fighting female in a new book series which she hopes will ...

Lynda La Plante has managed to pack a thousand lifetimes into one. The celebrated writer has shared the stage with Anthony Hopkins, come face-to-face with some of Britain's most notorious criminals ...

Prime Suspect creator Lynda La Plante has expressed her approval of NBC's new remake, according to executive producer Alexandra Cunningham. La Plante created the original UK version of the show, which ...

EXCLUSIVE: Acclaimed British TV writer-producer Lynda La Plante, creator of Prime Suspect, is set to develop Villains of All Nations, a drama series for Lionsgate TV based on historian Marcus ...

How does a character that’s spanned years of a writer’s glittering career get given a send off? If you’re acclaimed author Lynda La Plante, then that famous character doesn’t go quietly or without a ...

Actress-turned-best-selling novelist and 1993 Emmy nominated screenwriter Lynda La Plante has hung a just shy of $6 million price tag on a waterfront property in a thickly wooded area on the outskirts ...

Lynda La Plante has said that there is too much reality television in the UK. The author and Prime Suspect creator compared the effect of the genre to the use of real-life autopsy pictures in the ...