Prime Suspect

Prime Suspect, Book 1

By: Lynda La Plante

Narrated by: Rachel Atkins

Nominated in Best Female Narrator at the Audie Awards 2020.

She must fight to prove herself...before it's too late.

DCI Jane Tennison came through the ranks the hard way, opposed and resented at every step by her male colleagues.

When a prostitute is found murdered in her bedsit, the Metropolitan police set to work finding the perpetrator of this brutal attack. DNA samples lead them straight to known criminal George Marlow. The police think they've found their man, but things are not quite what they seem....

Desperate to remove all doubt around her suspect, Tennison struggles to make the charges stick. And then a second body turns up.

With the team against her, DCI Jane Tennison is in a race against time to catch a dangerous criminal ­- and prove she's just as tough as any man.

Baseded on the award-winning TV series starring Helen Mirren, the complete and unabridged Prime Suspect trilogy is now available for the first time in audio.

©2019 Lynda La Plante (P)2019 Bonnier Books UK

What a tense thriller

The story was incredible. However, the narrator is the best I’ve ever heard on Audible. I have listened to many Audible books. I hope the next two in the trilogy are read by the same person. Kudos to Audible for finding a narrator who not only reads the novel but makes it come to life. Thank you Audible!!

Strong Women Rock

I watched the PBS mystery with Helen Mirren but didnt remember that much about the plot. I need to go back and watch it again. The whole time I listened, I could see Mirren's face. I love strong women characters, and Tennison is strong but also insecure enough, angry enough, to be thoroughly believable. She's a woman fighting her way through a man's world, taking scalps along the way. I did get tired of her live in boy friends self pity and egocentricity but alls well that ends well. I definitely have to listen to the rest of the books!

Prime Suspect

#njoyed this book, a bit slow in the beginning but enjoyed it. The narration was good.

Wow whatta story...!!!

Remarkable narration... undoubtedly one of the best you will ever get to hear. You would swear you were listening to a full cast recitation. She seems to absolutely capture Helen Mirren's every nuance. you will probably see her face. There is considerable narrative and I wondered why however The fast and Furious finale is well worth the wait. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Police procedural, yea, but so much more!

Tennison! She's not always likeable, but she's exactly what she needs to be to solve the most heinous of crimes. The writing is whip-cracking fast and on-point, and this narration is excellent. La Plante is at here peak here, if you love British mysteries that aren't cozy, set in an environment that is far from comfortable, then this book is for you.