Book two of the #TeamTennison tour - "Hidden Killers" - for my stop I have my review, enjoy. You can buy your own copy now, from Amazon or any other good retailer.
We read ours with the pelting rain, in the nook with a blanket (is there anything nicer!).
Hidden Killers by Lynda La PlanteMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Time taken to read - as able over 5 days
Pages - 496
Publisher - Simon & Schuster
Source - Bought
Blurb from Goodreads
A prostitute dressed in a blue rabbit fur coat walks through the darkness of Hackney Fields, seemingly alone. But someone is waiting for her...
A woman is found dead in her bath, a small child crying in the room next door... Is it an accidental death or the perfect murder?
When WPC Jane Tennison is promoted to the role of Detective Constable in London's Bow Street CID, she is immediately conflicted. While her far more experienced colleagues move on swiftly from one criminal case to another, Jane is often left with doubts about their findings.
Becoming inextricably embroiled in a multiple-rape case, Jane must put her life at risk in the search for answers. Will she toe the CID line, or endanger her position by seeking the truth...?
My Review
Oooh book two and we find Jane Tennison is promoted to Detective Constable in Bow Street, London CID. There are two cases being investigated, a rape and a young mother dead in a bath tub, Jane is finding just how different things work here. From new bosses, some of the same issues we found in book one, sexism, racism, skulduggery and hints of things not being quite above board Jane is feeling the pressure to do a job she loves, remain true to herself and conform.
I try to remember the time period this is set in, so sexism was (and still prevalent in some areas/places), hierarchy, unethical behaviours but you do get riled at how she is treated by her peers a fair bit.
From being put in danger, questioning her fellow officers and even putting her much loved job at risk by following her heart and intuition we follow Jane on some dark and questionable paths. There are some very unsettling themes in the book, rape, murder, people, cops struggling with their own demons, addictions - it is a busy book and mixed bag.
There is so much more to the series and I look forward to getting into them and seeing what the future holds for Jane and co, 4/5 for me this time.
Having only read the first book in the series I so get what you say about the whole sexism thing as I was constantly trying to contain my outrage whist remembering that these were very different times. That aside, having read that first book, I have no plans to read any more of the books in the series though, never say never, if one were to fall into my lap I would most likely do so 😂
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