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Buried
SOME THINGS SHOULD REMAIN BURIED . . .
The gripping first book in a brand-new thriller series by the Queen of Crime Drama, Lynda La Plante.
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DC Jack Warr and his girlfriend Maggie have just moved to London to start a new life together. Though charming, Jack can't seem to find his place in the world - until he's drawn into an investigation that turns his life upside down.
In the aftermath of a fire at an isolated cottage, a badly charred body is discovered, along with the burnt remains of millions of stolen, untraceable bank notes.
Jack's search leads him deep into a murky criminal underworld - a world he finds himself surprisingly good at navigating. But as the line of the law becomes blurred, how far will Jack go to find the answers - and what will it cost him?
In BURIED, it's time to meet DC Jack Warr as he digs up the deadly secrets of the past . . .
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'Lynda La Plante practically invented the thriller' Karin Slaughter
The gripping first book in a brand-new thriller series by the Queen of Crime Drama, Lynda La Plante.
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DC Jack Warr and his girlfriend Maggie have just moved to London to start a new life together. Though charming, Jack can't seem to find his place in the world - until he's drawn into an investigation that turns his life upside down.
In the aftermath of a fire at an isolated cottage, a badly charred body is discovered, along with the burnt remains of millions of stolen, untraceable bank notes.
Jack's search leads him deep into a murky criminal underworld - a world he finds himself surprisingly good at navigating. But as the line of the law becomes blurred, how far will Jack go to find the answers - and what will it cost him?
In BURIED, it's time to meet DC Jack Warr as he digs up the deadly secrets of the past . . .
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'Lynda La Plante practically invented the thriller' Karin Slaughter
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Lynda La Plante
123 books1,825 followersLynda La Plante, CBE (born Lynda Titchmarsh) is a British author, screenwriter, and erstwhile actress (her performances in Rentaghost and other programmes were under her stage name of Lynda Marchal), best known for writing the Prime Suspect television crime series.
Her first TV series as a scriptwriter was the six part robbery series Widows, in 1983, in which the widows of four armed robbers carry out a heist planned by their deceased husbands.
In 1991 ITV released Prime Suspect which has now run to seven series and stars Helen Mirren as DCI Jane Tennison. (In the United States Prime Suspect airs on PBS as part of the anthology program Mystery!) In 1993 La Plante won an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for her work on the series. In 1992 she wrote at TV movie called Seekers, starring Brenda Fricker and Josette Simon, produced by Sarah Lawson.
She formed her own television production company, La Plante Productions, in 1994 and as La Plante Productions she wrote and produced the sequel to Widows, the equally gutsy She's Out (ITV, 1995). The name "La Plante" comes from her marriage to writer Richard La Plante, author of the book Mantis and Hog Fever. La Plante divorced Lynda in the early 1990s.
Her output continued with The Governor (ITV 1995-96), a series focusing on the female governor of a high security prison, and was followed by a string of ratings pulling miniseries: the psycho killer nightmare events of Trial & Retribution (ITV 1997-), the widows' revenge of the murders of their husbands & children Bella Mafia (1997) (starring Vanessa Redgrave), the undercover police unit operations of Supply and Demand (ITV 1998), videogame/internet murder mystery Killer Net (Channel 4 1998) and the female criminal profiler cases of Mind Games (ITV 2001).
Two additions to the Trial and Retribution miniseries were broadcast during 2006.
Her first TV series as a scriptwriter was the six part robbery series Widows, in 1983, in which the widows of four armed robbers carry out a heist planned by their deceased husbands.
In 1991 ITV released Prime Suspect which has now run to seven series and stars Helen Mirren as DCI Jane Tennison. (In the United States Prime Suspect airs on PBS as part of the anthology program Mystery!) In 1993 La Plante won an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for her work on the series. In 1992 she wrote at TV movie called Seekers, starring Brenda Fricker and Josette Simon, produced by Sarah Lawson.
She formed her own television production company, La Plante Productions, in 1994 and as La Plante Productions she wrote and produced the sequel to Widows, the equally gutsy She's Out (ITV, 1995). The name "La Plante" comes from her marriage to writer Richard La Plante, author of the book Mantis and Hog Fever. La Plante divorced Lynda in the early 1990s.
Her output continued with The Governor (ITV 1995-96), a series focusing on the female governor of a high security prison, and was followed by a string of ratings pulling miniseries: the psycho killer nightmare events of Trial & Retribution (ITV 1997-), the widows' revenge of the murders of their husbands & children Bella Mafia (1997) (starring Vanessa Redgrave), the undercover police unit operations of Supply and Demand (ITV 1998), videogame/internet murder mystery Killer Net (Channel 4 1998) and the female criminal profiler cases of Mind Games (ITV 2001).
Two additions to the Trial and Retribution miniseries were broadcast during 2006.
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March 16, 2021
Identity
The highly popular Hall of Fame author, Lynda La Plante, has treated us to another great crime thriller and the start of a new series starring her new protagonist DC Jack Warr. Buried, is a novel that is clever and compelling and shows the natural ease La Plante has in creating characters and devilish plots in this genre.
DC Jack Warr is drifting in his career, happy to move home to support his partner, Maggie.
In parallel, Jack’s own research into discovering who his biological father is, reveals some startling details and a connection not only to the other side of the law, but specifically to the cold case he's currently investigating. This revelation is shocking for Jack but has the result that it may give Jack something unique in his approach that isn’t always legal, and connections to another world, that regular police could never access. The tantalising dilemma is which side Jack will feel drawn to or will he become some sort of hybrid.
The plotting from La Plante is intelligent, complex and always mysterious. The police investigation brings the police team into contact with a group of women who are brilliantly drawn. The female gang have some similarities to La Plante’s Widows series and again she calls on her knowledge of writing these roles to make the interactions with the women gloriously entertaining. The story also takes us into East End gangs, which is where La Plante is a force on her own. If you looked up East End Gangs in a reference book it would say – see La Plante. Her delivery of the narrative and dialogue feels authentic and often gritty.
The novel provides police investigation threads, and the personal life surrounding Jack, with equal distinction and complexity. Both aspects create a novel with wonderful depth and fertile ground that La Plante can sow storylines as the series progresses. The range of well-crafted characters is exciting and they draw on our emotions with wonderful variety.
Buried feels like a novel that has all the ingredients to be a brilliant crime thriller but that the mixture just isn’t quite right at the moment although I'm pretty sure it will come good in the following books. I would like to thank Bonnier Zaffre and NetGalley for providing me with a free ARC copy in return for an honest review.
The highly popular Hall of Fame author, Lynda La Plante, has treated us to another great crime thriller and the start of a new series starring her new protagonist DC Jack Warr. Buried, is a novel that is clever and compelling and shows the natural ease La Plante has in creating characters and devilish plots in this genre.
DC Jack Warr is drifting in his career, happy to move home to support his partner, Maggie.
“Maggie and Jack had agreed that moving from Devon to London was the right thing to do for her career. His career, in his words, wasn’t as big a deal as hers. Maggie knew she wanted to be an orthopedic surgeon, whereas all Jack really knew for sure was that he wanted to be able to go and watch Plymouth Argyle whenever they played at home.”His new boss DCI Simon Ridley takes a chance on him and together with DC Anik Joshi and DS Laura Wade, they are assigned an investigation into a fire at Rose Cottage, where a body is recovered plus evidence of burnt money. The money is tied to a cold case train robbery from 1995, where £27 million was stolen and never recovered.
In parallel, Jack’s own research into discovering who his biological father is, reveals some startling details and a connection not only to the other side of the law, but specifically to the cold case he's currently investigating. This revelation is shocking for Jack but has the result that it may give Jack something unique in his approach that isn’t always legal, and connections to another world, that regular police could never access. The tantalising dilemma is which side Jack will feel drawn to or will he become some sort of hybrid.
The plotting from La Plante is intelligent, complex and always mysterious. The police investigation brings the police team into contact with a group of women who are brilliantly drawn. The female gang have some similarities to La Plante’s Widows series and again she calls on her knowledge of writing these roles to make the interactions with the women gloriously entertaining. The story also takes us into East End gangs, which is where La Plante is a force on her own. If you looked up East End Gangs in a reference book it would say – see La Plante. Her delivery of the narrative and dialogue feels authentic and often gritty.
The novel provides police investigation threads, and the personal life surrounding Jack, with equal distinction and complexity. Both aspects create a novel with wonderful depth and fertile ground that La Plante can sow storylines as the series progresses. The range of well-crafted characters is exciting and they draw on our emotions with wonderful variety.
Buried feels like a novel that has all the ingredients to be a brilliant crime thriller but that the mixture just isn’t quite right at the moment although I'm pretty sure it will come good in the following books. I would like to thank Bonnier Zaffre and NetGalley for providing me with a free ARC copy in return for an honest review.
August 18, 2021
Jack Warr book 1: A burned down cottage, a bludgeoned to death corpse, and a room stuffed with banknotes sets the police on a trail that leads back to crimes committed decades ago. Policeman DC Jack Warr's foster father is terminally ill; he hardly sees his girlfriend because of their busy working lives; and he has lost any real interest in his job, but when this back-in-time case lands with his team, he not only finds empathy with a group of suspects that lived in the criminal underworld of the past, he realises that the crime investigation may cross over into him discovering the identity, or even whereabout of his own real father!
A book I bought solely for its genre and for being by the very well known and successful UK writer, Lynda La Plante; this book had the makings of something above the ordinary, but with it covering the same area as Martina Cole, whom I have read a lot of recently, I couldn't but help comparing them and finding this wanting, as La Plante's understanding and interpretation of the poor White criminal class is nowhere near as detailed and fascinating as Cole's. I do feel that I need to read more of La Plante's earlier work to getter a better grasp of her work though. 5 out of 12.
A book I bought solely for its genre and for being by the very well known and successful UK writer, Lynda La Plante; this book had the makings of something above the ordinary, but with it covering the same area as Martina Cole, whom I have read a lot of recently, I couldn't but help comparing them and finding this wanting, as La Plante's understanding and interpretation of the poor White criminal class is nowhere near as detailed and fascinating as Cole's. I do feel that I need to read more of La Plante's earlier work to getter a better grasp of her work though. 5 out of 12.
April 18, 2020
It took me a while to wrap my head around the start to Lynda LaPlante’s new series. We are introduced to a plethora of characters, all interesting, but it took me a while to keep them straight. The main character, DS Jack Warr, is a lackadaisical detective still looking for something to grab his interest.
He gets it when his team is called to investigate an unknown murder victim discovered at an arson scene, along with the burned remnants of approximately £1.8 million in old notes. It’s quickly determined the old money is tied to a train robbery in 1995, one that had a haul of £27 million.
Jack, who was adopted, is equally, if not more, interested in researching the truth about his biological father.
There are some fascinating characters here. Jack is one of the most complex, flawed characters I’ve seen in a long time. Maggie is a saint to put up with him. Ditto for Ridley, his boss. But not just him, but the women from the Grange were all well developed.
The debates and disputes between the detectives felt very real. One man’s gut instinct is another man’s joke. I loved the sparring between Jack and Anik as they aim for the same sargeant’s spot. The ending was perfect and one I never saw coming.
The book kept me engaged. I understand LaPlante is already working on a screenplay for this book and I can see why. The plot would easily translate into a mini-series as it flows easily.
My thanks to netgalley and Bonnier Zaffre forman advance copy of this book.
He gets it when his team is called to investigate an unknown murder victim discovered at an arson scene, along with the burned remnants of approximately £1.8 million in old notes. It’s quickly determined the old money is tied to a train robbery in 1995, one that had a haul of £27 million.
Jack, who was adopted, is equally, if not more, interested in researching the truth about his biological father.
There are some fascinating characters here. Jack is one of the most complex, flawed characters I’ve seen in a long time. Maggie is a saint to put up with him. Ditto for Ridley, his boss. But not just him, but the women from the Grange were all well developed.
The debates and disputes between the detectives felt very real. One man’s gut instinct is another man’s joke. I loved the sparring between Jack and Anik as they aim for the same sargeant’s spot. The ending was perfect and one I never saw coming.
The book kept me engaged. I understand LaPlante is already working on a screenplay for this book and I can see why. The plot would easily translate into a mini-series as it flows easily.
My thanks to netgalley and Bonnier Zaffre forman advance copy of this book.
March 7, 2020
A serious fire at Rose Cottage near Aylesbury in which a body is found starts a chain of events that encompasses a 1995 cold case in which £35 million is stolen in an audacious train robbery. The team which investigates the death is led by DCI Simon Ridley who is head of a Divisional Serious Crime Team. The principal character though is DC Jack Warr and the rest of the team are DS Laura Wade who is more than a bit in lust with Jack and DC Anik Joshi. The case takes Jack on a fascinating journey of self discovery during which he becomes irrevocably different to his old self in many ways. The intriguing story is told in different timelines- in the present day and some backtracking to the days before and around the train robbery.
One of the standout aspects of the book are the characters, Jack is especially interesting because he is so conflicted about his job and is luke warm in his efforts. He is adopted and the search for his birth father and the case are intertwined and when he learns the truth it leaves him with a foot in two worlds which he is determined to use to his advantage. Ridley is a great character too and nothing gets past him! Jack’s partner Maggie and his adoptive parents are very likeable too and Jack is a warmer person with them. The female gang are really interesting and it’s hard not to admire their audacious and clever planning. The plot initially seems complicated and you do have to concentrate (no bad thing!) but it all falls into place. The pace is quite fast although I think there’s a dip in the middle but I guess that mirrors the case stalling. There is plenty of twisty intrigue and mystery especially as part of the investigation leads to the old dastardly world of East End gangs and gangsters with all their brutality and this makes the story gritty and grisly on occasion. I like the ending as it’s surprising and it sets the reader up well to see where Jacks story goes next. Sign me up for Book 2!!
Overall, an entertaining read from one of the queens of the British Crime Fiction genre.
Many thanks to NetGalley and Bonnier Books, Zaffre UK.
One of the standout aspects of the book are the characters, Jack is especially interesting because he is so conflicted about his job and is luke warm in his efforts. He is adopted and the search for his birth father and the case are intertwined and when he learns the truth it leaves him with a foot in two worlds which he is determined to use to his advantage. Ridley is a great character too and nothing gets past him! Jack’s partner Maggie and his adoptive parents are very likeable too and Jack is a warmer person with them. The female gang are really interesting and it’s hard not to admire their audacious and clever planning. The plot initially seems complicated and you do have to concentrate (no bad thing!) but it all falls into place. The pace is quite fast although I think there’s a dip in the middle but I guess that mirrors the case stalling. There is plenty of twisty intrigue and mystery especially as part of the investigation leads to the old dastardly world of East End gangs and gangsters with all their brutality and this makes the story gritty and grisly on occasion. I like the ending as it’s surprising and it sets the reader up well to see where Jacks story goes next. Sign me up for Book 2!!
Overall, an entertaining read from one of the queens of the British Crime Fiction genre.
Many thanks to NetGalley and Bonnier Books, Zaffre UK.
April 8, 2020
I really enjoyed this British crime novel. The story was unique and the hero wasn’t perfect, I liked that he had his flaws. I also liked the fact that the story involved some very strong women. It was a fast paced story that kept me intrigued the entire time. This is the first book in a new series that I think will really take off. I highly recommend this book to all those looking for a can’t put down novel.
April 8, 2020
I really enjoyed this British crime novel. The story was unique and the hero wasn’t perfect, I liked that he had his flaws. I also liked the fact that the story involved some very strong women. It was a fast paced story that kept me intrigued the entire time. This is the first book in a new series that I think will really take off. I highly recommend this book to all those looking for a can’t put down novel.
June 11, 2020
When DC Jack Warr went to Rose Cottage, the horror of the burned beyond recognition corpse made him shudder. But it was that corpse that would turn his life around. Jack and Maggie had recently moved to London and while Maggie had a secure job she loved, Jack wasn’t sure about his role in life. He was unsettled; he had no passion for the job he was doing. And he knew it was irritating his superior…
Jack had been adopted at the age of five, and he loved his parents dearly. Penny and Charlie were always there for Jack and when they told him they were off on a world cruise, as well as other news, Jack wished them all the happiness he could. In the meantime, Jack discovered dark secrets going back a few decades. Secrets and a large amount of money that involved the notorious Harry Rawlins and his wife Dolly. What was going on? Was there a connection to the train robbery that had never been solved?
Buried is the 1st in the DC Jack Warr series by Lynda La Plante and once it got going, it was great. The linking of the author’s Dolly Rawlins books, and the back tracking into what happened then seemed weird at first. But when Jack set to work to solve the decades old case, he found himself doing things he wasn’t too proud of. Jack is a strong character and Maggie is a stronger one! Buried is an entertaining thriller which I recommend.
With thanks to Allen & Unwin for my ARC to read in exchange for an honest review.
Jack had been adopted at the age of five, and he loved his parents dearly. Penny and Charlie were always there for Jack and when they told him they were off on a world cruise, as well as other news, Jack wished them all the happiness he could. In the meantime, Jack discovered dark secrets going back a few decades. Secrets and a large amount of money that involved the notorious Harry Rawlins and his wife Dolly. What was going on? Was there a connection to the train robbery that had never been solved?
Buried is the 1st in the DC Jack Warr series by Lynda La Plante and once it got going, it was great. The linking of the author’s Dolly Rawlins books, and the back tracking into what happened then seemed weird at first. But when Jack set to work to solve the decades old case, he found himself doing things he wasn’t too proud of. Jack is a strong character and Maggie is a stronger one! Buried is an entertaining thriller which I recommend.
With thanks to Allen & Unwin for my ARC to read in exchange for an honest review.
April 3, 2020
Lynda La Plante makes a welcome return to form with a new series featuring Detective Constable Jack Warr of the Metropolitan Police’s Serious Crime Division. Jack has recently relocated from Devon to London with girlfriend Maggie so she can gain more experience as a trainee surgeon. He is called in to investigate when the pristine but isolated Rose Cottage near Aylesbury is burned to the ground and the charred remains of an unknown individual are found along with over a millions pounds worth of out of circulation banknotes laying in the fireplace. Jack and his team realise it'll be difficult to solve due to the lack of forensics as what evidence there may have been has now been reduced to ashes. However, they begin to regain interest when they link the case to the unsolved cold case in which £27 million was stolen during a daring train robbery in 1995. Just as his superior DCI Simon Ridley believes he's made an error in judgement by hiring Jack he comes into his own. At the same time as investigating the case, Jack embarks on a journey of self-discovery and is shocked when he realises his family are embroiled in this case.
There are many different threads to the plot creating a complexity that I enjoyed and the narrative moved seamlessly between past and present. It's a riveting read with plenty of drama, twists, turns and misdirection and a cast of characters that are bold, full of personality and engaging; main protagonist Jack is a reluctant hero type and it isn't easy to warm to him immediately like some of the others but I look forward to seeing him come alive and develop in future books. There are even a few familiar faces for those of us who've read her previous series’. There is never a dull moment and it is a cracking page-turner and a thoroughly entertaining police procedural from beginning to end. It's fast-paced and when the case leads them towards East End gangsters and the murky criminal underworld it becomes all the more mysterious and intriguing and transforms into a gritty and dangerous read. This is La Plante back to her best and a regaining of the title Queen of British Crime Fiction. Highly recommended. Many thanks to Bonnier Zaffre for an ARC.
There are many different threads to the plot creating a complexity that I enjoyed and the narrative moved seamlessly between past and present. It's a riveting read with plenty of drama, twists, turns and misdirection and a cast of characters that are bold, full of personality and engaging; main protagonist Jack is a reluctant hero type and it isn't easy to warm to him immediately like some of the others but I look forward to seeing him come alive and develop in future books. There are even a few familiar faces for those of us who've read her previous series’. There is never a dull moment and it is a cracking page-turner and a thoroughly entertaining police procedural from beginning to end. It's fast-paced and when the case leads them towards East End gangsters and the murky criminal underworld it becomes all the more mysterious and intriguing and transforms into a gritty and dangerous read. This is La Plante back to her best and a regaining of the title Queen of British Crime Fiction. Highly recommended. Many thanks to Bonnier Zaffre for an ARC.
June 28, 2020
Soap operatic crime drama - inconsistently characterised & confusingly executed.
Buried is the series opener for thirty-six-year-old DC Jack Warr, a recent transfer from Devon to the Met’s Serious Crime Squad after moving to London with his long-term partner, Maggie, in the interest of her career. Jack lacks ambition, enthusiasm for his job and is also lazy which his boss, uptight DCI Simon Ridley, is well aware of. When a corpse is found in a burnt out isolated Aylesbury cottage the crime scene officers discover a quantity of out of circulation five and ten pound notes in the fireplace. For several reasons the charred notes are suspected to be just a fraction of the proceeds of a twenty-five year old crime; a train robbery of 1995 that netted the masterminds nearly £27 million. Still unsolved and having failed to recover the money the opportunity to work on something ‘big’ gets Jack fired up and raring to go.
The case takes Jack back to the world of the notorious old-time criminals pulling off audacious coups and rather unconvincingly coincides with his overnight transformation into a driven cop with gut feelings and hunches. Jack’s fixation on the case, which has links across four decades, is only strengthened when his dying adoptive father hands him his birthday certificate and he learns that his biological father might once have been part of the scene. Cue a fair bit of macho postering, Jack getting stroppy that his boss isn’t taking him seriously and a blinkered determination to identify his real father that threatens to damage his relationship with Maggie and his adoptive parents. Jack walking with a swagger and trying to be a bit of a wide boy as he seeks out his possible bad boy lineage feels like a cheap ploy to keep female readers invested with a stereotypical lovable rough diamond. The idea that Jack has one foot in both worlds and this now makes him a detective to be reckoned is laughable after seeing him in action!
Poorly written with an excessive cast of characters going back decades I wasn’t a fan of La Plante’s unnecessary asides on characters sexuality and given this novel contains a group of women criminals she has plenty of opportunity in this department for lesbian innuendo. The novel has obviously been written with an eye to a TV adaptation and the sporadic flashbacks and scenes cutting back and forth between groups of characters make for a very disjointed and, at times, confusing read. The crime thriller genre has progressed from this kind of dross that harks back to the good old days of household name villains, diamond heists and train robberies into a far more subtle and smart body of work and I will definitely not be following Jack’s progress in a second outing.
Buried is the series opener for thirty-six-year-old DC Jack Warr, a recent transfer from Devon to the Met’s Serious Crime Squad after moving to London with his long-term partner, Maggie, in the interest of her career. Jack lacks ambition, enthusiasm for his job and is also lazy which his boss, uptight DCI Simon Ridley, is well aware of. When a corpse is found in a burnt out isolated Aylesbury cottage the crime scene officers discover a quantity of out of circulation five and ten pound notes in the fireplace. For several reasons the charred notes are suspected to be just a fraction of the proceeds of a twenty-five year old crime; a train robbery of 1995 that netted the masterminds nearly £27 million. Still unsolved and having failed to recover the money the opportunity to work on something ‘big’ gets Jack fired up and raring to go.
The case takes Jack back to the world of the notorious old-time criminals pulling off audacious coups and rather unconvincingly coincides with his overnight transformation into a driven cop with gut feelings and hunches. Jack’s fixation on the case, which has links across four decades, is only strengthened when his dying adoptive father hands him his birthday certificate and he learns that his biological father might once have been part of the scene. Cue a fair bit of macho postering, Jack getting stroppy that his boss isn’t taking him seriously and a blinkered determination to identify his real father that threatens to damage his relationship with Maggie and his adoptive parents. Jack walking with a swagger and trying to be a bit of a wide boy as he seeks out his possible bad boy lineage feels like a cheap ploy to keep female readers invested with a stereotypical lovable rough diamond. The idea that Jack has one foot in both worlds and this now makes him a detective to be reckoned is laughable after seeing him in action!
Poorly written with an excessive cast of characters going back decades I wasn’t a fan of La Plante’s unnecessary asides on characters sexuality and given this novel contains a group of women criminals she has plenty of opportunity in this department for lesbian innuendo. The novel has obviously been written with an eye to a TV adaptation and the sporadic flashbacks and scenes cutting back and forth between groups of characters make for a very disjointed and, at times, confusing read. The crime thriller genre has progressed from this kind of dross that harks back to the good old days of household name villains, diamond heists and train robberies into a far more subtle and smart body of work and I will definitely not be following Jack’s progress in a second outing.
January 25, 2020
This is the first book in the new DC Jack Warr series by author Lynda La Plante.
Based in London and featuring the new lead character Jack Warr the book however follows on from the Dolly Rawlins books where she and her gang of widows stole millions from a huge heist.
The book takes up when a charred body is found following a fire at a derelict cottage. Along with the body, millions of stolen bank notes are discovered in the burnt remains. The money is from the Dolly Rawlins heist from some 20 years earlier.
DC Jack Warr and his girlfriend Maggie have just moved to London to start a new life together. Jack begins investigating the case and decides to rattle some cages to try to uncover the truth behind both the body and the money. As if this case isn't enough for him, Jack is having to cope with his dying adopted father and trying to discover who is his real father.
I enjoyed the book the more I read although I didn't instantly take to either Jack or the other characters. I do enjoy the writing of this author and love the Tennison series so will definitely read more.
I would like to thank both Net Galley and Zaffre for supplying a copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review.
Based in London and featuring the new lead character Jack Warr the book however follows on from the Dolly Rawlins books where she and her gang of widows stole millions from a huge heist.
The book takes up when a charred body is found following a fire at a derelict cottage. Along with the body, millions of stolen bank notes are discovered in the burnt remains. The money is from the Dolly Rawlins heist from some 20 years earlier.
DC Jack Warr and his girlfriend Maggie have just moved to London to start a new life together. Jack begins investigating the case and decides to rattle some cages to try to uncover the truth behind both the body and the money. As if this case isn't enough for him, Jack is having to cope with his dying adopted father and trying to discover who is his real father.
I enjoyed the book the more I read although I didn't instantly take to either Jack or the other characters. I do enjoy the writing of this author and love the Tennison series so will definitely read more.
I would like to thank both Net Galley and Zaffre for supplying a copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review.
May 26, 2022
Recenzie completă
Un cadavru carbonizat, un jaf aparent imposibil de elucidat și o bandă fascinantă de infractoare.
Spre rușinea mea, încă nu am citit romanul Văduve, care mă așteaptă de vreo trei ani în bibliotecă, însă Jack Warr m-a tras nu-tocmai-subtil de mânecă și mi-a promis că vom rezolva toate enigmele într-un timp record, motiv pentru care am descoperit nenumărate Secrete îngropate, unele dureros de previzibile, iar altele neașteptat de machiavelice.
Mă aflu într-un impas: deși au fost momente când am vrut să renunț la roman și să-l abandonez pe Jack pe un feribot, chiar fără nicio urmă de remușcare, ceva m-a îndemnat să nu-mi pierd speranța și să-l susțin în continuare, oarecum interesată de felul iscusit în care se îmbină problemele și dramele personale ale polițiștilor cu două anchete desfășurate la mai bine de două decenii distanță.
Adevărul e că am pornit cu așteptări eronate, convinsă că Secrete îngropate va fi un thriller clasic, iar primele capitole au schițat cel puțin trei fire narative diferite, ce urmau să fie înlănțuite prin dorința unui tânăr de a-și recăpăta ambiția, deslușindu-și, totodată, propriul trecut.
Un cadavru carbonizat, un jaf aparent imposibil de elucidat și o bandă fascinantă de infractoare.
Spre rușinea mea, încă nu am citit romanul Văduve, care mă așteaptă de vreo trei ani în bibliotecă, însă Jack Warr m-a tras nu-tocmai-subtil de mânecă și mi-a promis că vom rezolva toate enigmele într-un timp record, motiv pentru care am descoperit nenumărate Secrete îngropate, unele dureros de previzibile, iar altele neașteptat de machiavelice.
Mă aflu într-un impas: deși au fost momente când am vrut să renunț la roman și să-l abandonez pe Jack pe un feribot, chiar fără nicio urmă de remușcare, ceva m-a îndemnat să nu-mi pierd speranța și să-l susțin în continuare, oarecum interesată de felul iscusit în care se îmbină problemele și dramele personale ale polițiștilor cu două anchete desfășurate la mai bine de două decenii distanță.
Adevărul e că am pornit cu așteptări eronate, convinsă că Secrete îngropate va fi un thriller clasic, iar primele capitole au schițat cel puțin trei fire narative diferite, ce urmau să fie înlănțuite prin dorința unui tânăr de a-și recăpăta ambiția, deslușindu-și, totodată, propriul trecut.
February 23, 2020
Lynda La Plante is one of those writers who I've heard so much about and seen some of their TV shows but yet have never actually read any of their books until now and I really enjoyed this. I managed to read in less than 24 hours. You can really tell Lynda has written for TV as you can picture the cinematics of this so well. Everything just flows so well.
Jack Warr is a great new character that is trying to find his way in the world and worrying whether policing is actually for him. When his adopted father declares he has terminal cancer and gives him some information on his real parents he's taken down a fascinating voyage of discovery.
I loved the crime. I tend to hate modern gangs and gangsters but love anything about the same from decades ago and so trying to solve a 20-odd year old great train robbery really appeals to me. In this age of modern technology you don't get crimes like that these days.
One of my favourite things about this is the ambiguous ending. Jack is given a choice which I won't spoil but we never find out what his decision is. Maybe it'll come out in Book 2 but I hope it doesn't. I like the not knowing. Not everything has to have a happy ending or one all tied up and perfect. I like being able to try and guess what I think he may have done.
Overall loved it and another author to add to my never ending TBR pile
Jack Warr is a great new character that is trying to find his way in the world and worrying whether policing is actually for him. When his adopted father declares he has terminal cancer and gives him some information on his real parents he's taken down a fascinating voyage of discovery.
I loved the crime. I tend to hate modern gangs and gangsters but love anything about the same from decades ago and so trying to solve a 20-odd year old great train robbery really appeals to me. In this age of modern technology you don't get crimes like that these days.
One of my favourite things about this is the ambiguous ending. Jack is given a choice which I won't spoil but we never find out what his decision is. Maybe it'll come out in Book 2 but I hope it doesn't. I like the not knowing. Not everything has to have a happy ending or one all tied up and perfect. I like being able to try and guess what I think he may have done.
Overall loved it and another author to add to my never ending TBR pile
April 18, 2020
This is the first book in a brand new series by this author featuring the debut of DC Jack Warr.
When a house fire is determined to have started by an arsonist, DC Jack Warr is called to investigate when a burned body is found inside. What they also find is millions of stolen, untraceable bank notes, most all burned.
Jack's investigation into the fire, and the burnt body inside, coincide with an investigation into his own past. Adopted at birth, Jack discovers his birth father may have been none other than Harry Rawlins, a renowned criminal.
This crime .. and the investigation.. will take Jack from the crime today to another crime 20-some years ago to another crime committed a few years ago.
After reading this author's Anna Travis series, I was expecting this to be well written, with a tightly woven plot and complex characters. I wasn't disappointed. There are multiple characters from three different times that keep the reader riveted to the story. Jack makes an interesting lead character. I did like the way his past is brought into the present. There are some surprises along the way leading to an unexpected conclusion.
This is an excellent beginning to what looks to be an exciting and gripping crime fiction series.
Many thanks to the author / Zaffre Books / Netgalley for the digital copy of this crime fiction. Read and reviewed voluntarily, opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.
When a house fire is determined to have started by an arsonist, DC Jack Warr is called to investigate when a burned body is found inside. What they also find is millions of stolen, untraceable bank notes, most all burned.
Jack's investigation into the fire, and the burnt body inside, coincide with an investigation into his own past. Adopted at birth, Jack discovers his birth father may have been none other than Harry Rawlins, a renowned criminal.
This crime .. and the investigation.. will take Jack from the crime today to another crime 20-some years ago to another crime committed a few years ago.
After reading this author's Anna Travis series, I was expecting this to be well written, with a tightly woven plot and complex characters. I wasn't disappointed. There are multiple characters from three different times that keep the reader riveted to the story. Jack makes an interesting lead character. I did like the way his past is brought into the present. There are some surprises along the way leading to an unexpected conclusion.
This is an excellent beginning to what looks to be an exciting and gripping crime fiction series.
Many thanks to the author / Zaffre Books / Netgalley for the digital copy of this crime fiction. Read and reviewed voluntarily, opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.
January 25, 2020
This is the first book in the new DC Jack Warr series by author Lynda La Plante.
Based in London and featuring the new lead character Jack Warr the book however follows on from the Dolly Rawlins books where she and her gang of widows stole millions from a huge heist.
The book takes up when a charred body is found following a fire at a derelict cottage. Along with the body, millions of stolen bank notes are discovered in the burnt remains. The money is from the Dolly Rawlins heist from some 20 years earlier.
DC Jack Warr and his girlfriend Maggie have just moved to London to start a new life together. Jack begins investigating the case and decides to rattle some cages to try to uncover the truth behind both the body and the money. As if this case isn't enough for him, Jack is having to cope with his dying adopted father and trying to discover who is his real father.
I enjoyed the book the more I read although I didn't instantly take to either Jack or the other characters. I do enjoy the writing of this author and love the Tennison series so will definitely read more.
I would like to thank both Net Galley and Zaffre for supplying a copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review.
Based in London and featuring the new lead character Jack Warr the book however follows on from the Dolly Rawlins books where she and her gang of widows stole millions from a huge heist.
The book takes up when a charred body is found following a fire at a derelict cottage. Along with the body, millions of stolen bank notes are discovered in the burnt remains. The money is from the Dolly Rawlins heist from some 20 years earlier.
DC Jack Warr and his girlfriend Maggie have just moved to London to start a new life together. Jack begins investigating the case and decides to rattle some cages to try to uncover the truth behind both the body and the money. As if this case isn't enough for him, Jack is having to cope with his dying adopted father and trying to discover who is his real father.
I enjoyed the book the more I read although I didn't instantly take to either Jack or the other characters. I do enjoy the writing of this author and love the Tennison series so will definitely read more.
I would like to thank both Net Galley and Zaffre for supplying a copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review.
May 30, 2022
I really enjoyed this book, I haven’t read many of Lynda La Plante’s books and this one is the start of a series of three. It was interesting and kept me guessing until the end. It was gritty and hard hitting and I loved it.
April 5, 2020
"On the obliterated sofa, part-melted into the springs, lay a dead body, charred and blackened beyond recognition."
A burned body is found after a fire gutted Rose Cottage in rural Aylesbury together with millions in banknotes.
36 Year old DC Jack Warr is part of the team who looks into the case because it seems to be linked to a train robbery that took place years before. How is this linked to The Grange and 5 women who were staying there at the time of the robbery and what happened to the money?
Jack is at a crossroad. He still has to find his passion and is trying to juggle a lot at the same time. His adopted father is dying and he has decided to find out more about his real father. This is interfering with him doing his job properly and he is more than once in trouble because of this. Will he be able to find all the answers?
It is the start of a new series and I really enjoyed it. I found the characters well rounded and the storyline very interesting. I look forward to the next book in the series.
Thank you to NetGalley and Bonnier Zaffre USA for the ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.
A burned body is found after a fire gutted Rose Cottage in rural Aylesbury together with millions in banknotes.
36 Year old DC Jack Warr is part of the team who looks into the case because it seems to be linked to a train robbery that took place years before. How is this linked to The Grange and 5 women who were staying there at the time of the robbery and what happened to the money?
Jack is at a crossroad. He still has to find his passion and is trying to juggle a lot at the same time. His adopted father is dying and he has decided to find out more about his real father. This is interfering with him doing his job properly and he is more than once in trouble because of this. Will he be able to find all the answers?
It is the start of a new series and I really enjoyed it. I found the characters well rounded and the storyline very interesting. I look forward to the next book in the series.
Thank you to NetGalley and Bonnier Zaffre USA for the ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.
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April 3, 2020Thank you NetGalley for a complimentary copy. I voluntarily reviewed this book. All opinions expressed are my own.
Buried
By: Lynda La Plante
REVIEW ☆☆☆☆
I'm a fan of the author's previous work with the Widow's trilogy. Those books were fantastic, so I had high hopes for Buried. Fortunately, I was not disappointed. The character of Jack is great. He is strong, intelligent and likeable. The story had action and surprises without being overdone. This is a great start to a new series, and I recommend for fans!
Buried
By: Lynda La Plante
REVIEW ☆☆☆☆
I'm a fan of the author's previous work with the Widow's trilogy. Those books were fantastic, so I had high hopes for Buried. Fortunately, I was not disappointed. The character of Jack is great. He is strong, intelligent and likeable. The story had action and surprises without being overdone. This is a great start to a new series, and I recommend for fans!
May 13, 2020
So bad I can't even begin to list the reasons why. Not worth the time
April 13, 2020
Anyone who watched the TV series ‘Widows’ back in the 1980’s and who has read the earlier books by Lynda La Plante will be familiar with the name of Dolly Rawlins. Dolly was married to Harry Rawlins, the mastermind of many robberies. Buried is not exactly a sequel to the series and is the start of a new series in its own right, but there is a continuation of sorts from the storyline of the previous books with familiar names. Don’t worry if you haven’t read or heard of any of the previous stories, this can easily be read without prior knowledge as sufficient back histories are given.
This new series features Jack Warr, a DC with the Met’s Serious Crime Squad who, with his girlfriend Maggie has moved from Devon to London to further advance Maggie’s career as a doctor. Jack is a restless character; attractive and charming he is extremely good at his job when he puts his mind to it but he just seems to coast along.
However, when a burned body together with fragments of burnt bank notes known to be from an unsolved train robbery of over 20 years before are discovered at a cottage in the grounds of a property with connections to Rawlins, Jack is tasked with investigating both current and historic crimes and when his personal life is turned upside down, he unexpectedly ends up with a foot on either side of the law.
Never underestimate a woman! The group of women in this story bear witness to that – they are resourceful and clever and I enjoyed seeing how their story would unfold and what the conclusion would be.
Jack is very much someone who follows his instinct, unlike his DCI, Simon Ridley, a methodical man who does everything by the book. This leads to the two of them clashing with Jack wanting to follow certain leads whilst Ridley insisting that he should look elsewhere.
It took a while for me to warm to Jack and I did wonder at times why his partner Maggie put up him with him. At times he was arrogant and selfish and at others a lost soul however one thing he had going for him was his ability to think outside of the box, unlike his hapless colleague DC Anik Joshi who was probably one of the most useless DCs in crime fiction.
Buried has a fast pace, and although there are many characters which can be confusing to start with, I soon got to grips as to where everyone fitted in. The plot is twisted and complex with a conclusion that leads to an exciting premise to Jack’s character in book 2. An extremely good start to a new series.
This new series features Jack Warr, a DC with the Met’s Serious Crime Squad who, with his girlfriend Maggie has moved from Devon to London to further advance Maggie’s career as a doctor. Jack is a restless character; attractive and charming he is extremely good at his job when he puts his mind to it but he just seems to coast along.
However, when a burned body together with fragments of burnt bank notes known to be from an unsolved train robbery of over 20 years before are discovered at a cottage in the grounds of a property with connections to Rawlins, Jack is tasked with investigating both current and historic crimes and when his personal life is turned upside down, he unexpectedly ends up with a foot on either side of the law.
Never underestimate a woman! The group of women in this story bear witness to that – they are resourceful and clever and I enjoyed seeing how their story would unfold and what the conclusion would be.
Jack is very much someone who follows his instinct, unlike his DCI, Simon Ridley, a methodical man who does everything by the book. This leads to the two of them clashing with Jack wanting to follow certain leads whilst Ridley insisting that he should look elsewhere.
It took a while for me to warm to Jack and I did wonder at times why his partner Maggie put up him with him. At times he was arrogant and selfish and at others a lost soul however one thing he had going for him was his ability to think outside of the box, unlike his hapless colleague DC Anik Joshi who was probably one of the most useless DCs in crime fiction.
Buried has a fast pace, and although there are many characters which can be confusing to start with, I soon got to grips as to where everyone fitted in. The plot is twisted and complex with a conclusion that leads to an exciting premise to Jack’s character in book 2. An extremely good start to a new series.
May 20, 2022
Cel mai mare jaf din istoria Marii Britanii, o gașcă de femei puternice, care își doresc tot ce-i mai bun de la viață, și un proaspăt ofițer de poliție ce-și caută rădăcinile paterne prin lumea întunecată a gangsterilor londonezi. Altfel spus, un volum extrem de complicat, în care trecutul ilegal și violent iese mereu la iveală, încercând, prin toate mijloacele, să pervertească prezentul senin al celor drepți. Astfel, jocul binelui și al răului este dus la un alt nivel, autoarea subliniind, în mod repetat, capacitatea celor două esențe de a se împleti și de a ajunge, într-o ultimă instanță, la o suprapunere perfectă. Dincolo de un roman cu detectivi, „Secrete îngropate” ne spune povestea unui om nevinovat, prins în ițele unor întâmplări care i-au marcat destinul încă dinainte De a se fi născut. Așadar, doamnelor și domnilor, permiteți-mi să vi-l prezint pe fermecătorul și neînduplecatul Jack Warr.
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September 10, 2024
Whilst this is billed as a new series starting Detective Jack Warr - this has a looming presence of one of La Plante's famous characters in Dolly Rowlins and her widows.
I recently heard an interview with La Plante explaing the success of the 2018 movie thrust reprints of the book and characters that first captured the publics imagination back in the 1980's meant there was a clamour for more novels featuring Rowlins.
This series strikes the right balance of having her presence scattered through whilst adding an extra layer.
Young Jack Warrs involvement starts by uncovering a murder in a cottage, a badly charred male body alongside millions of stolen bank notes that hark back to the train robbery that the women were involved in and links the widows to the narrative.
It's a strong multilayered crime thriller with plenty of subplots.
La Plante has a distinctive old style of storytelling, probably highlighted because of the flashbacks, it was great to spend some more time with these characters again.
I recently heard an interview with La Plante explaing the success of the 2018 movie thrust reprints of the book and characters that first captured the publics imagination back in the 1980's meant there was a clamour for more novels featuring Rowlins.
This series strikes the right balance of having her presence scattered through whilst adding an extra layer.
Young Jack Warrs involvement starts by uncovering a murder in a cottage, a badly charred male body alongside millions of stolen bank notes that hark back to the train robbery that the women were involved in and links the widows to the narrative.
It's a strong multilayered crime thriller with plenty of subplots.
La Plante has a distinctive old style of storytelling, probably highlighted because of the flashbacks, it was great to spend some more time with these characters again.
July 15, 2021
I received a free e-copy of Buried, a new series DC Jack Warr #1, by Lynda La Plante from NetGalley for my honest review.
Jack Warr has his hands full. He has two investigations he needs to solve. The first being an arson and murder in the Rose cottage that might be linked to an old train robbery back in the 80's. The second is when Jack, who is adopted, is given information pertaining to his birth parents.
Little did Jack know that while investigating the two cases, they are both connected. A book filled with amazing characters, a great story line and it kept me guessing.
Jack Warr has his hands full. He has two investigations he needs to solve. The first being an arson and murder in the Rose cottage that might be linked to an old train robbery back in the 80's. The second is when Jack, who is adopted, is given information pertaining to his birth parents.
Little did Jack know that while investigating the two cases, they are both connected. A book filled with amazing characters, a great story line and it kept me guessing.
August 4, 2020
3.5 stars rounded down
I’ve been familiar with the work of Lynda La Plante for quite some time. She has brought me many happy hours both with her novels and her television crime dramas. When I saw she had begun a new crime series I jumped at the chance to read it.
The protagonists in “Buried” were quite engaging and I enjoyed reading of their personal back stories. I especially liked how Jack transitioned from being apathetic about his job to his burgeoning enthusiasm. The descriptions were vivid and the pacing ‘spot-on’.
The crime itself I found quite convoluted and difficult to follow due to a plethora of secondary characters. How the author managed to keep the various threads of the story-line straight I cannot imagine. The story encompassed four major crimes spanning four decades.
Despite my waning interest in the crime investigation itself, my interest was held by the engaging characters of the protagonists. I do plan to pursue this series to see if their next case is less complicated and to see how the characters develop.
Recommended to those who enjoy complex, labyrinthine police procedural novels.
I’ve been familiar with the work of Lynda La Plante for quite some time. She has brought me many happy hours both with her novels and her television crime dramas. When I saw she had begun a new crime series I jumped at the chance to read it.
The protagonists in “Buried” were quite engaging and I enjoyed reading of their personal back stories. I especially liked how Jack transitioned from being apathetic about his job to his burgeoning enthusiasm. The descriptions were vivid and the pacing ‘spot-on’.
The crime itself I found quite convoluted and difficult to follow due to a plethora of secondary characters. How the author managed to keep the various threads of the story-line straight I cannot imagine. The story encompassed four major crimes spanning four decades.
Despite my waning interest in the crime investigation itself, my interest was held by the engaging characters of the protagonists. I do plan to pursue this series to see if their next case is less complicated and to see how the characters develop.
Recommended to those who enjoy complex, labyrinthine police procedural novels.
January 27, 2020
Lynda La Plante seems to have a head full of interesting plots and characters, and she writes them all down in her very own style. I don’t think there are any thriller- or mystery-lovers out there who have never heard of her, seen one of her movies or series or read one of her books.
This new series promises to reach her old fans and make new ones, because there are – as usual – lots of things going on. Although as other reviewers here, I was not a very big fan of the main character Jack but what can I say? After only one book… It was fun to see how the author sort of went back to her first success from 1983, the Widows-series that dealt with a gang of female armed robbers.
Thanks to Netgally and Bonnier Zaffre books for this digital review copy.
This new series promises to reach her old fans and make new ones, because there are – as usual – lots of things going on. Although as other reviewers here, I was not a very big fan of the main character Jack but what can I say? After only one book… It was fun to see how the author sort of went back to her first success from 1983, the Widows-series that dealt with a gang of female armed robbers.
Thanks to Netgally and Bonnier Zaffre books for this digital review copy.
May 1, 2020
Buried is the first book in Lynda La Plante's new series featuring Detective Jack Warr. I loved the Widows trilogy and this new series carries on from those crimes, but is set several decades later. It was great catching up with several old characters again. Buried can be read as a stand alone too. Lynda is my favourite author so I can't fault this book in any way. With thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for my digital copy.
February 25, 2021
BURIED ( DC JACK WARR #1) is a great novel. Years after the largest train robbery in England, the case is still on-going. By the time everything comes to an end, there is a surprise ending! I loved this book!
January 24, 2023
Din recenzia apărută pe Biblioteca lui Liviu în cadrul blog tourului dedicat publicării în limba română a volumului „Secrete îngropate”:
Văduve e un clasic și am scris elogios anul trecut despre el pe Bookblog, rămânând un thriller serios, incorect politic și totuși la fel de proaspăt ca acum aproape patruzeci de ani, însă în anul de grație 2020 Lynda La Plante ajunge la concluzia că parcă au mai rămas niște povești nespuse după încheierea trilogiei dedicate celor patru Văduve, așa că scoate din pălărie un urmaș al unuia dintre cei patru soți morți în urma jafului din tunel și îl transformă în polițist.
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Numai că Jack Warr, fire nestatornică și mereu dispus să pună la îndoială tot ce se întâmplă în lume, decide ca pe lângă anchetarea incendiului și a crimei din casa arsă să înceapă și să-și caute tatăl adevărat. Căci instinctul și cititul printre răspunsurile unei mătuși îi dau de înțeles că s-ar putea să fie tocmai fiul unuia dintre soții celor patru văduve.
O cruntă ironie a sorții, căci venerabilei scriitoare britanice îi place enorm să se joace cu soarta personajelor, să le chinuie și să le trimită după cai morți să le ia potcoavele, să nu lase răposații să se odihnească în pace, dar și să cerceteze ce s-a întâmplat în continuare cu celebrele văduve. Și vom afla destule odată cu Jack Warr, un soi de antierou aflat mereu în opoziție cu celebrul și nemernicul său tată bandit, mereu chinuit de îndoieli și pornit să scoată la iveală adevărul indiferent de costuri și de faptul că va avea mult de suferit de-a lungul procesului (rănindu-i inclusiv pe cei din jur, așa cum se întâmplă adesea când nu lași morții celebri să se odihnească măcar în mormânt).
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Văduve e un clasic și am scris elogios anul trecut despre el pe Bookblog, rămânând un thriller serios, incorect politic și totuși la fel de proaspăt ca acum aproape patruzeci de ani, însă în anul de grație 2020 Lynda La Plante ajunge la concluzia că parcă au mai rămas niște povești nespuse după încheierea trilogiei dedicate celor patru Văduve, așa că scoate din pălărie un urmaș al unuia dintre cei patru soți morți în urma jafului din tunel și îl transformă în polițist.
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Numai că Jack Warr, fire nestatornică și mereu dispus să pună la îndoială tot ce se întâmplă în lume, decide ca pe lângă anchetarea incendiului și a crimei din casa arsă să înceapă și să-și caute tatăl adevărat. Căci instinctul și cititul printre răspunsurile unei mătuși îi dau de înțeles că s-ar putea să fie tocmai fiul unuia dintre soții celor patru văduve.
O cruntă ironie a sorții, căci venerabilei scriitoare britanice îi place enorm să se joace cu soarta personajelor, să le chinuie și să le trimită după cai morți să le ia potcoavele, să nu lase răposații să se odihnească în pace, dar și să cerceteze ce s-a întâmplat în continuare cu celebrele văduve. Și vom afla destule odată cu Jack Warr, un soi de antierou aflat mereu în opoziție cu celebrul și nemernicul său tată bandit, mereu chinuit de îndoieli și pornit să scoată la iveală adevărul indiferent de costuri și de faptul că va avea mult de suferit de-a lungul procesului (rănindu-i inclusiv pe cei din jur, așa cum se întâmplă adesea când nu lași morții celebri să se odihnească măcar în mormânt).
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April 4, 2020
Quite an exciting police procedural which was more of a fast paced thriller with Jack at the helm. Lynda la Plante was one wicked author whose twists had me clawing my way through the pages.
A burning house with a charred body and millions of old bank notes kept near the fireplace had the cops rushing to get to the killer.
My first book by author Lydia La Plante, and I was absolutely breathless trying to keep up with the pace of the author. Jack was brilliant in his role who not only had a challenging case but had to deal with a personal tragedy. His boss Ridley expected nothing less than 100% from him.
The author was deft in the way the story was written, the subplots were quite convoluted which compelled me to concentrate on the book which was a good thing. Personal truths and professional clues were soon revealed, and Jack found himself right in the middle of it.
The book flowed like the scenes of the movie, and I sat enraptured through it with popcorn and coffee. (I didn't have vegetables and food but I had popcorn with me. Go figure! 🤷🏻♀️😂)
Trying to solve an old train robbery gave it a western feel. And I enjoyed it completely. Giddy-up, y'all!!
A burning house with a charred body and millions of old bank notes kept near the fireplace had the cops rushing to get to the killer.
My first book by author Lydia La Plante, and I was absolutely breathless trying to keep up with the pace of the author. Jack was brilliant in his role who not only had a challenging case but had to deal with a personal tragedy. His boss Ridley expected nothing less than 100% from him.
The author was deft in the way the story was written, the subplots were quite convoluted which compelled me to concentrate on the book which was a good thing. Personal truths and professional clues were soon revealed, and Jack found himself right in the middle of it.
The book flowed like the scenes of the movie, and I sat enraptured through it with popcorn and coffee. (I didn't have vegetables and food but I had popcorn with me. Go figure! 🤷🏻♀️😂)
Trying to solve an old train robbery gave it a western feel. And I enjoyed it completely. Giddy-up, y'all!!
February 8, 2020
I would like to thank Netgalley and Bonnier Zaffre for an advance copy of Buried, the first novel in a projected series to feature DC Jack Warr of The Met’s Serious Crime division.
When a cottage in Aylesbury is burned down the Serious Crime detectives are brought in because the cottage holds not only a dead body but the charred remains of millions of pounds of obsolete banknotes.
I thoroughly enjoyed Buried which has an interesting plot with plenty of twists and turns and a likeable, at times, protagonist. It starts off being told from the investigative point of view but as the story widens there are scenes from the other side and from the historical crimes associated with it. I liked this as it sets up the mystery of what happened and really holds the interest, then once the reader has their teeth into all the angles and potential ramifications the switch to the other side fills in many of the details and answers some questions while raising more. I found this to be a real page turner and, so, found it easy to ignore the parts that don’t quite gel or jar, notably Jack’s character.
Jack Warr is a restless character with a strong love for his parents and, especially, his partner Maggie. They have moved from Devon to London for her career, not his as he isn’t overly enthusiastic about being a detective or being anything except with Maggie. A revelation from his dying father sets him on a journey of self revelation and reconciliation. Not to put too fine a point on it this is a weird and unconvincing story, not so much in the bones of it but in Jack’s reaction. Slacker Jack transformed into brilliant, outside the box thinker in a couple of weeks. Mmm. Still I will be very interested to see where he goes next.
Buried is a good read that I have no hesitation in recommending.
When a cottage in Aylesbury is burned down the Serious Crime detectives are brought in because the cottage holds not only a dead body but the charred remains of millions of pounds of obsolete banknotes.
I thoroughly enjoyed Buried which has an interesting plot with plenty of twists and turns and a likeable, at times, protagonist. It starts off being told from the investigative point of view but as the story widens there are scenes from the other side and from the historical crimes associated with it. I liked this as it sets up the mystery of what happened and really holds the interest, then once the reader has their teeth into all the angles and potential ramifications the switch to the other side fills in many of the details and answers some questions while raising more. I found this to be a real page turner and, so, found it easy to ignore the parts that don’t quite gel or jar, notably Jack’s character.
Jack Warr is a restless character with a strong love for his parents and, especially, his partner Maggie. They have moved from Devon to London for her career, not his as he isn’t overly enthusiastic about being a detective or being anything except with Maggie. A revelation from his dying father sets him on a journey of self revelation and reconciliation. Not to put too fine a point on it this is a weird and unconvincing story, not so much in the bones of it but in Jack’s reaction. Slacker Jack transformed into brilliant, outside the box thinker in a couple of weeks. Mmm. Still I will be very interested to see where he goes next.
Buried is a good read that I have no hesitation in recommending.
April 14, 2020
This is the firs book of the Jack Warr-series. I only just discovered that a lot of these characters appear in the author's Dolly Rawlins trilogy. But you do not have to read the trilogy first. You can just hop in and enjoy the ride.
At first I was overwhelmed by the abundance of characters. I had a hard time keeping all the names straight in my head. They are all somehow connected to the story though.
Jack Warr is such a complex character. His adoptive father is dying and provides Jack information about his biological father. Jack goes investigating his father and in the same time he is investigating a murder and 25 year old train robbery. As it turns out all of the investigations are somehow connected. Jack is torn between the investigations. His actions are not always rational.
The ending was not very satisfying. Now I'll just have to wait for the next book.
Thank you NetGalley and Zaffre for a copy of this book.
At first I was overwhelmed by the abundance of characters. I had a hard time keeping all the names straight in my head. They are all somehow connected to the story though.
Jack Warr is such a complex character. His adoptive father is dying and provides Jack information about his biological father. Jack goes investigating his father and in the same time he is investigating a murder and 25 year old train robbery. As it turns out all of the investigations are somehow connected. Jack is torn between the investigations. His actions are not always rational.
The ending was not very satisfying. Now I'll just have to wait for the next book.
Thank you NetGalley and Zaffre for a copy of this book.
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