Anita Barraud: Lynda La Plante is often described as Britain's queen of crime, with more than a dozen crime fiction novels under her belt. The former actress is also the creator behind that iconic ...

In Great Britain, Lynda La Plante is considered the Bard of Bad, the playwright laureate of women crime stoppers. She is certainly best known in the United States for creating and developing the ...

If it was La Plante's intention to create a character far removed from her memorable Jane Tennison (of Prime Suspect fame), she has succeeded in this sequel to Cold Shoulder. Where the upright, ...

LYNDA La Plante turns 80 next year - but she's calling this decade "the new 50s". "There's this slew of incredibly old actresses treading the boards, there's the wonderful Glenda Jackson, 85, doing ...

Prime Suspect writer Lynda La Plante on treading the boards, treasured pottery and her horse’s head habit Lynda’s latest novel, Good Friday, is published by Bonnier Zaffre, price £18.99, to order a ...

It was the kind of crisp, bright January morning that made the residents of Richmond, Surrey, glad to be living out of London's congested West End. The Thames glistened in the early morning sun," ...

Lynda La Plante has managed to pack a thousand lifetimes into one. The celebrated writer has shared the stage with Anthony Hopkins, come face-to-face with some of Britain's most notorious criminals ...

Writer Lynda La Plante on murder, a Mediterranean dream and being fired. Guilty pleasure? I’m addicted to fudge and was once fired from a sweet shop I worked in for eating a whole tray of it. Where is ...

How does a character that’s spanned years of a writer’s glittering career get given a send off? If you’re acclaimed author Lynda La Plante, then that famous character doesn’t go quietly or without a ...

Crime thriller Widows could yet receive a sequel, according to original writer Lynda La Plante. She joined presenters Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield to promote her new book, Widows' Revenge, ...