The Dirty Dozen
$61.38
- Hardcover
512 pages
- Release Date
18 August 2019
Summary
The Sweeney: A Woman Amongst Thieves
April 1980. Jane arrives as the first female detective posted to the Met’s Flying Squad, a team known as the ‘Sweeney’. Stationed at Rigg Approach in East London, they tackle armed robberies targeting banks, cash transports, and businesses.
Jane believes her transfer is based on merit, but soon learns she’s part of an experiment meant to calm the ‘Dirty Dozen,’ as the team calls themselves.
The men doubt a woman can handle the dan…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781785768507 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1785768506 |
| Author: | Lynda La Plante |
| Publisher: | Zaffre |
| Imprint: | Zaffre |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 512 |
| Release Date: | 18 August 2019 |
| Weight: | 714g |
| Dimensions: | 240mm x 162mm x 43mm |
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About The Author
Lynda La Plante
Lynda La Plante was born in Liverpool. She trained for the stage at RADA and worked with the National theatre and RDC before becoming a television actress. She then turned to writing - and made her breakthrough with the phenomenally successful TV series Widows. Her novels have all been international bestsellers.
Her original script for the much-acclaimed Prime Suspect won awards from BAFTA, Emmy, British Broadcasting and Royal Television Society as well as the 1993 Edgar Allan Poe Award. Lynda has written and produced over 170 hours of international television.
Lynda is one of only three screenwriters to have been made an honorary fellow of the British Film Institute and was awarded the BAFTA Dennis Potter Best Writer Award in 2000. In 2008, she was awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for services to Literature, Drama and Charity.
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