Widows' Revenge
The sequel to Lynda La Plante’s groundbreaking thriller, Widows. Now a major motion picture.<BR><BR>DOLLY, LINDA, SHIRLEY AND BELLA ARE BACK. AND THIS TIME IT'S A FIGHT TO THE FINISH.<BR> <BR> Against all the odds, Dolly Rawlins and her gangland widows managed the impossible: a heist their husbands had failed to pull off - at the cost of their lives. <BR> <BR> But though they may be in the money, they're far from easy street. <BR> <BR> Shocked by her husband's betrayal, Dolly discovers Harry Rawlins isn't dead. He knows where the four women are and he wants them to pay. And he doesn't just mean getting his hands on the money. <BR> <BR> The women can't keep running. They have to get Harry out of their lives for good. But can they outwit a criminal mastermind who won't hesitate to kill? <BR> <BR> Especially when one of them has a plan of her own ... to kill or be killed.<BR> <BR> The sequel to Lynda La Plante's groundbreaking thriller, Widows - now a major motion picture.
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The sequel to Lynda La Plante’s groundbreaking thriller, Widows. Now a major motion picture.<BR><BR>DOLLY, LINDA, SHIRLEY AND BELLA ARE BACK. AND THIS TIME IT'S A FIGHT TO THE FINISH.<BR> <BR> Against all the odds, Dolly Rawlins and her gangland widows managed the impossible: a heist their husbands had failed to pull off - at the cost of their lives. <BR> <BR> But though they may be in the money, they're far from easy street. <BR> <BR> Shocked by her husband's betrayal, Dolly discovers Harry Rawlins isn't dead. He knows where the four women are and he wants them to pay. And he doesn't just mean getting his hands on the money. <BR> <BR> The women can't keep running. They have to get Harry out of their lives for good. But can they outwit a criminal mastermind who won't hesitate to kill? <BR> <BR> Especially when one of them has a plan of her own ... to kill or be killed.<BR> <BR> The sequel to Lynda La Plante's groundbreaking thriller, Widows - now a major motion picture.
H | B | T | Gramm
231 mm | 155 mm | 28 mm | 0.431 kg
Erscheinungsjahr
2019
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0
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Hardcover
Verlag
Zaffre
ISBN-10
1499862040
ISBN-13
9781499862041
Autor
Lynda La Plante
Sprache
Englisch
Seitenanzahl
304
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Keywords
HC/Belletristik/Kriminalromane, FICTION / Thrillers / Crime, FICTION / Crime, FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense
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Lynda La Plante
Lynda La Plante was born in Liverpool. She is the author of nearly forty novels, all of which have been bestsellers. 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. Lynda's original script for the much-acclaimed Prime Suspect won awards from BAFTA, Emmys, British Broadcasting and Royal Television Society as well as the 1993 Edgar Allan Poe Award. Lynda is an honorary fellow of the British Film Institute and was awarded the BAFTA Dennis Potter Best Writer's Award in 2000. In 2008, she was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to Literature, Drama and Charity. Lynda La Plante is the first lay person to be awarded an honorary fellowship to the Forensic Science Society. In 2020 she launched the acclaimed Listening to the Dead podcast with former CSI Cass Sutherland, exploring forensic science and its impact on solving crimes.
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