Judas Horse

But when a mutilated body is discovered in a Cotswolds house, it becomes clear that this is no ordinary group of opportunist thieves. As Detective Jack Warr investigates, he discovers locals with dark secrets, unearths hidden crimes - and hits countless dead ends.

About the 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.

Summary

But when a mutilated body is discovered in a Cotswolds house, it becomes clear that this is no ordinary group of opportunist thieves. As Detective Jack Warr investigates, he discovers locals with dark secrets, unearths hidden crimes - and hits countless dead ends.

Foreword

Some killers can't be tamed... The thrilling second book in the Sunday Times bestselling Detective Jack Warr crime series.

Product details

• Authors: Lynda La Plante
• Publisher: Bonnier Zaffre
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9781785769801
• ISBN: 978-1-78576-980-1
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 242 mm x 29 mm
• Weight: 534 g
• Series: Jack Warr
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General, FICTION / Thrillers / General, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths, FICTION / Thrillers / Psychological, FICTION / Thrillers / Crime, Thriller / suspense, Crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: police procedural