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Jack Warr is a young DC with the Metropolitan Police. Charming but aimless, Jack can't seem to find his place in the world - until he's drawn into an investigation that turns his life upside down.
In the aftermath of a fire at a derelict cottage, a badly charred body is discovered, along with the burnt remnants of millions of stolen, untraceable bank notes - the hidden legacy of Dolly Rawlins and her gang of Widows.
Jack's assignment to the case coincides with an investigation into his own past. As he searches for the truth about his identity, Jack finds himself increasingly drawn into a murky underworld of corruption and crime. Those millions have not been forgotten - and Jack will stop at nothing to find the truth.
An exciting and action packed new thriller, with roots in La Plante's bestselling novels, Widows, Widows' Revenge and She's Out.
'Lynda La Plante practically invented the thriller' Karin Slaughter Lynda La Plante (Author)
Lynda La Plante was born in Liverpool. She is the author of over forty novels, all of which have been bestsellers. She trained for the stage at RADA and worked with the National theatre and RSC before becoming a television actress. She then turned to writing - and made her breakthrough with the phenomenally successful TV series Widows.
Lynda's original script for the much-acclaimed Prime Suspect won awards from BAFTA, Emmys, British Broadcasting and Royal Television Society as well as the 1993 Edgar Allan Poe Award.
Lynda is an honorary fellow of the British Film Institute and was awarded the BAFTA Dennis Potter Best Writer's Award in 2000. In 2008, she was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to Literature, Drama and Charity.
Lynda La Plante is the first layperson to be awarded an honorary fellowship to the Forensic Science Society. In 2020 she launched the acclaimed Listening to the Dead podcast with former CSI Cass Sutherland, exploring forensic science and its impact on solving crimes.
The first book in a brand new thriller series by the Queen of Crime Drama, Lynda La Plante. A burnt-out cottage, a fortune buried in the ashes - and a body that could solve a decades-old crime . . . FIRST IN A BRAND NEW SERIES: Lynda's first new series in over 5 years introduces DC Jack Warr, a charming but listless detective drawn into an intriguing - and deadly - new case. ZAFFRE'S BIGGEST SERIES LAUNCH OF 2020: We aim to make Buried the biggest crime launch of 2020, with a massive marketing campaign, huge PR coverage, and a buzz-building campaign to last the whole year. PHENOMENAL SALES RECORD: The last time Lynda published into a new series, Tennison sold 150,000 copies through the TCM - 24k hardbacks and 125k paperbacks (2016). THE QUEEN OF CRIME DRAMA: With 37 bestselling novels, over 5 million copies sold in the UK alone, and a member of The Crime Thriller Awards Hall of Fame, Lynda is truly crime fiction royalty. She is responsible for over 170 hours of primetime TV, including the perennially popular Prime Suspect, and her classic crime hit Widows was recently adapted by Steve McQueen. A NATIONAL TREASURE: In 2008, Lynda was made a CBE for services to Literature, Drama and Charity, and is the only lay person to be made a fellow of The Forensic Science Society
In the aftermath of a fire at a derelict cottage, a badly charred body is discovered, along with the burnt remnants of millions of stolen, untraceable bank notes - the hidden legacy of Dolly Rawlins and her gang of Widows.
Jack's assignment to the case coincides with an investigation into his own past. As he searches for the truth about his identity, Jack finds himself increasingly drawn into a murky underworld of corruption and crime. Those millions have not been forgotten - and Jack will stop at nothing to find the truth.
An exciting and action packed new thriller, with roots in La Plante's bestselling novels, Widows, Widows' Revenge and She's Out.
'Lynda La Plante practically invented the thriller' Karin Slaughter Lynda La Plante (Author)
Lynda La Plante was born in Liverpool. She is the author of over forty novels, all of which have been bestsellers. She trained for the stage at RADA and worked with the National theatre and RSC before becoming a television actress. She then turned to writing - and made her breakthrough with the phenomenally successful TV series Widows.
Lynda's original script for the much-acclaimed Prime Suspect won awards from BAFTA, Emmys, British Broadcasting and Royal Television Society as well as the 1993 Edgar Allan Poe Award.
Lynda is an honorary fellow of the British Film Institute and was awarded the BAFTA Dennis Potter Best Writer's Award in 2000. In 2008, she was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to Literature, Drama and Charity.
Lynda La Plante is the first layperson to be awarded an honorary fellowship to the Forensic Science Society. In 2020 she launched the acclaimed Listening to the Dead podcast with former CSI Cass Sutherland, exploring forensic science and its impact on solving crimes.
The first book in a brand new thriller series by the Queen of Crime Drama, Lynda La Plante. A burnt-out cottage, a fortune buried in the ashes - and a body that could solve a decades-old crime . . . FIRST IN A BRAND NEW SERIES: Lynda's first new series in over 5 years introduces DC Jack Warr, a charming but listless detective drawn into an intriguing - and deadly - new case. ZAFFRE'S BIGGEST SERIES LAUNCH OF 2020: We aim to make Buried the biggest crime launch of 2020, with a massive marketing campaign, huge PR coverage, and a buzz-building campaign to last the whole year. PHENOMENAL SALES RECORD: The last time Lynda published into a new series, Tennison sold 150,000 copies through the TCM - 24k hardbacks and 125k paperbacks (2016). THE QUEEN OF CRIME DRAMA: With 37 bestselling novels, over 5 million copies sold in the UK alone, and a member of The Crime Thriller Awards Hall of Fame, Lynda is truly crime fiction royalty. She is responsible for over 170 hours of primetime TV, including the perennially popular Prime Suspect, and her classic crime hit Widows was recently adapted by Steve McQueen. A NATIONAL TREASURE: In 2008, Lynda was made a CBE for services to Literature, Drama and Charity, and is the only lay person to be made a fellow of The Forensic Science Society
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