Taste of Blood: The thrilling new Jane Tennison crime novel

What looks like a petty quarrel between neighbours draws Jane Tennison into an inquiry with a body at the end of it. Lynda La Plante writes police work as procedure rather than spectacle: interviews, paperwork, statements that fail to match, and the slow narrowing of possibilities. Tennison's persistence carries the case, and the tension comes from what witnesses choose to leave out rather than from chase sequences or shootouts. Reading notes: • A Jane Tennison investigation from the creator of Prime Suspect • Procedural detail drawn from realistic policing methods • Suspense built through interviews and contradictory statements • Readable without prior knowledge of the earlier cases A strong pick for readers of British crime fiction, police procedurals and long-running detective series, and this paperback edition can be ordered from Boipoka.