About the Author

Lynda La Plante bestowed John Moores University with a creative writing scholarship in her hometown of Liverpool and is an honorary member of the British Film Institute. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has also awarded Lynda with the Dennis Potter Writers Award.
She was awarded a CBE in the 2008 Queen's Birthday Honours List (for services to Literature, Drama and to Charity), and was presented with the prestigious TV Spielfilm Award for her television adaptation of her novel Above Suspicion at the International Film and Television Festival Conference in Cologne. In 2009 Lynda was inducted into the Crime Thriller Awards Hall of Fame . Her novels have all been international bestsellers.

Reviews

'British film starlet Amanda Delany has a string of hit movies to her credit, along with a series of affairs with famous actors and a lucrative contract to write a tell-all memoir. But before she can start her book, Delany is found murdered' Irish Sunday Independent 20/9 'As ever La Plante excels when it comes to police procedure and the minutiae of the investigation. The compulsive plot whizzes along, twisting and turning, with clues being dropped like litter. It's a great read and another well-deserved notch on La Plante's bestseller list' Sunday Express 18/10 'Best-known for creating TV's Prime Suspect, Lynda La Plante writes fantastic crime novels , including the addictive Anna Travis series. In Silent Scream the gutsy DI is assigned to investigate the murder of British film star Amanda Delany. Just like the four earlier books in the series, La Plante's tale races as Anna uncovers the sordid truthbehind Amanda's glittering public image' 'Find an arresting read this Christmas', Express 4/12