tailieunhanh - Prime suspect

Jane Tennison wanted to shout with anger. For eighteen months she had waited for a murder case but every time something happened, every time there was a murder case, it was given to one of the male officers. Murders were 'man's work, it seemed. When a young woman is found horribly murdered, Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison at last gets the chance she needs to prove herself. | Introduction Jane Tennison wanted to shout with anger. For eighteen months she had waited for a murder case but every time something happened every time there was a murder case it was given to one of the male officers. Murders were man s work it seemed. When a young woman is found horribly murdered Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison at last gets the chance she needs to prove herself. Before long she realises that she is looking for a murderer who has killed before and will kill again. She must work fast to catch the murderer before he strikes again. But this is only one half of Jane Tennison s battle she must also fight to win the respect of the men she commands. And the men are watching her every step of the way hoping she ll fail. She must make no mistakes. Then a second body is found . . . Lynda La Plante s crime stories and TV films have made her one of Britain s most successful writers. She was born in 1946 in Liverpool England and was an actress on TV and in the theatre before she became a writer. Her first TV series Widows was shown in twenty-six countries and her first novel The Legacy was an international bestseller. She spends months or even years finding out about a subject before she writes about it and sometimes puts herself in dangerous situations to do so. People say my characters are very real that s because they are real she says. Prime Suspect is the first of several stories about Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison. All the stories were very successful TV films. Chapter 1 The First Body Mrs Corinna Salbanna opened her eyes and looked at the clock when she heard the noise. It was almost 2 . Angrily she went downstairs. As she passed Delia Momay s room she noticed the light was on. That woman she thought. She owes me rent. She brings men back to her room. Now she leaves the front door open in the middle of the night. She knocked hard on Delia s door. Come on Open it she shouted. 1 know you re in there. There was no reply. She pushed the