Segui una determinata Ispettrice di Polizia mentre naviga nel complesso e spesso oscuro sottobosco di Londra. Ogni episodio presenta un caso nuovo e intricato che mette alla prova il suo acuto intelletto e la sua incrollabile determinazione. I lettori vengono attratti da indagini avvincenti in cui scoprire la verità richiede di addentrarsi negli angoli nascosti della città. Questa serie offre un avvincente mix di suspense, profondità psicologica ed elementi autentici di procedura poliziesca.
A rookie detective, Anna Travis is about to embark on her first murder case - and it couldn't be a more serious, more gruesome series of murders. The killings began eight years before and now the body count is up to six.
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER! "FOR THOSE WHO LOVE MYSTERIES BUT WISH THAT PATRICIA CORNWELL HAD A DIRTIER MIND,"* the author of Above Suspicion and the acclaimed Prime Suspect series returns with a new mystery. When the body of a young girl is found dumped on the banks of the Thames, even the police are shocked by the brutality of her murder: horrifically mutilated, severed in half, and drained of blood, her corpse is an obvious mirror image of the famous Black Dahlia murder in 1940s Los Angeles. Now Detective Inspector Anna Travis must race against time to catch this copycat killer. She turns to her mentor, the brilliant and volatile Detective Chief Inspector James Langton, but the frictions of their romantic relationship are complicating the case. And then a second girl is found...
Un'operazione di polizia apparentemente routinaria si trasforma in un incubo quando Langton, ispettore capo della squadra Omicidi di Londra, viene gravemente ferito durante un'azione contro una gang di immigrati clandestini, responsabili dell'omicidio di una giovane prostituta. Anna Travis, ambiziosa detective e compagna di Langton, si trova al suo fianco in ospedale, determinata a scoprire la verità su quanto accaduto. Mentre indaga, deve anche affrontare un nuovo caso: l'orrendo assassinio di una bibliotecaria, una donna rispettabile uccisa senza apparenti motivi. Le indagini di Anna rivelano un legame inquietante tra l'omicidio della bibliotecaria e l'aggressione a Langton. Man mano che la verità viene a galla, emergono orribili traffici di esseri umani, e Anna e Langton si trovano nel mirino di criminali spietati, pronti a tutto per fermarli. Con un colpo di scena finale, Anna dovrà affrontare un segreto devastante. Acclamata come la regina della suspense, Lynda La Plante ha conquistato il pubblico con i suoi thriller, vendendo in media 400.000 copie per ogni titolo. Questo thriller, che affronta temi come l'immigrazione clandestina e la pena di morte, segna il ritorno dell'intraprendente detective Anna Travis in un caso davvero impossibile.
Anna Travis and DCI Langton return on the hunt for one of the world's most dangerous drug traffickers.
Close to a motorway service station, the body of a young woman is discovered. She appears to have no family, no friends, no one to identify her. DI Anna Travis is brought onto the team of investigators by DCS James Langton, who already suspects that this recent case could be linked to two unsolved murders. As more evidence is discovered the team realise that they are contending with a triple murder investigation -- and no suspect. Anna's blood runs cold when she receives a letter from a murderer she helped to arrest. He makes contact from prison insisting that he can track down their killer, but will only talk to Anna herself. Does he really have an insight into another killer's mind, or is he merely intent on getting into hers?
Under the watchful eye of Detective Chief Superintendent James Langton, Anna is given her first case. But is it a full-blown murder investigation or purely a missing person's case? An ominous pool of blood and no victim lead Anna on a desperate hunt for a man who has disappeared without trace.
It is late at night on a notorious council estate in east London. A van - garishly painted with a grinning clown's face on the side - is being driven erratically. When the police pull over the driver to question him, they discover, inside the van, the body of a young woman. A murder suspect . . . an arrest . . . a confession . . . A case done and dusted? But their suspect claims his victim is not his first, but his third. Five years earlier, a 13-year-old girl disappeared in broad daylight on a busy London street. DCS James Langton headed the investigation and left no stone unturned. The fact that case was not solved has haunted him ever since. The enquiry has opened up again but, unable to lead it due to ill health, Langton brings in DCI Anna Travis. Meanwhile the murder team begins the laborious task of verifying the details of the confessions and uncovering the identity of the second victim. And then the suspect changes his story. They know they have a murderer in custody - but is he a serial killer or just a compulsive liar?
The eagerly anticipated new thriller from the Number One bestselling mistress of suspense sees Anna Travis transferred to the FBI in America...
