Publication
Smon & Schuster, c2008.
Series
Status
Available
Description
Drug lord Alexander Fitzpatrick has not been seen in ten years, but a recent murder leads DI Anna Travis to suspect he may still be active.
User reviews
LibraryThing member fordbarbara
LaPlante is an excellent writer, well paced, good characters, good dialogue and interesting, complex plots. This is a good series as is the Lorraine Page trilogy. READ IN ORDER
LibraryThing member kateiyzie
Did not finish. Too much repetitious police procedures. Story was interesting, and some of the characters.
LibraryThing member TonyMilner
hmmm... This is not my usual genre. It is perfectly readable and quite an interesting story, but frankly a bit dull. I was curious about the characters but never got very involved with them as they were so sketchily drawn for the most part. Most of the so called 'action' is either discussion of the
I also found the point of view (POV) distracting. Most of the time we are seeing the action through Travis' eyes, but we occasionally cut to the POV of another character for a paragraph or two. Not eneough to get to know the character, but enough presumably to get a plot point over to the reader. I think that is rather lazy authorship myself. If you are going to do multiple POVs then do them properly and in a balanced way, otherwise stick to single POV and work out how to communicate the essential plot lines through that.
It didn't take me long to read, and I might read another if I came across it, but I wouldn't buy another.
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case with colleagues or interviews of the suspect.I also found the point of view (POV) distracting. Most of the time we are seeing the action through Travis' eyes, but we occasionally cut to the POV of another character for a paragraph or two. Not eneough to get to know the character, but enough presumably to get a plot point over to the reader. I think that is rather lazy authorship myself. If you are going to do multiple POVs then do them properly and in a balanced way, otherwise stick to single POV and work out how to communicate the essential plot lines through that.
It didn't take me long to read, and I might read another if I came across it, but I wouldn't buy another.
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LibraryThing member maneekuhi
Halfway through this book, I was thinking what a great crime fiction novel. Interesting characters, a very good plot, a mysterious bad guy that we see only in the opening pages, tension. Then the story sinks into a morass of lengthy tedious passages over timing, who drove what car, where,
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when,etc.; it became incredibly boring and I just wanted it to end. And it drifted away from crime fiction and became a good bit of a romance novel, with our heroine having an affair with a colleague, while still having the hots for Langton who needs her desperately but doesn't realize it of course, - and finally Anna develops a school girl crush on a a bit of scum, one of the prime suspects. The story involves Mr. Mystery Man attempting to reclaim his millions from a former partner, while getting into distribution of a new super potent drug, all with bodies dropping like flies. This is the 4th book in the series, perhaps my last. I'll certainly give it a rest before reading the next if ever. Completed 5/14, rated a generous 3 stars. Show Less
LibraryThing member edwardsgt
I saw the TV version of this story but still found it worth reading, even though I knew or thought I did, what happened at the end. A story of a notorious drug dealer who returns to the UK to push some stolen fentanyl to shore up finances badly hit by the bank crash and the impact on those who know
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him. Good undemanding holiday reading. Show Less
LibraryThing member Summermoonstone
Started as a gripping detective /who-done-it. But lost its way into a grubby romance. What started as an intelligent detective became a silly woman who I quickly lost patience with . Not really sure who did what/why at the end. Enough there though to make me want to try more of this author - maybe
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LibraryThing member smik
My apologies for basing my review on an abridged audio version. It does appear that this version is severely abridged - perhaps by as much as 60% - so you are left wondering how representative it is of the original work. I suspect that quite a deal of the interplay between the characters has been
I have read the 3 earlier titles in this series, just before I started this blog, and enjoyed them very much. I have put my mini-reviews at the bottom of this post.
So I was already familiar with the back story to the Anna Travis series, which included her relationship with James Langton. Although Langton does not start off being in charge of the case in DEADLY INTENT he takes charge when the original boss of the CID team has personal problems. That he sees Anna Travis as a loose cannon to be carefully guarded comes through loud and clear, and to be honest, Anna is not a good team player. She is very likely to go off impulsively on a tangent on her own, rather like a bloodhound following a faint scent.
To be fair to Anna it is her intuition that leads to connections being made, but it also highlight the fact that the team often does not do its job properly. It seems unfair though that James Langton is so willing to lay the blame at Anna's door, rather than accept the responsibility himself.
From the questions my listening partner in the car asked me, knowing the story from previous titles was important to a full understanding of DEADLY INTENT, and so this is a series that it pays to read in order. There are now 7 titles in the series.
Janet McTeer does an impressive job with the narration and the voice changes.
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omitted and some events are summarised, in other words, described rather than experienced.I have read the 3 earlier titles in this series, just before I started this blog, and enjoyed them very much. I have put my mini-reviews at the bottom of this post.
So I was already familiar with the back story to the Anna Travis series, which included her relationship with James Langton. Although Langton does not start off being in charge of the case in DEADLY INTENT he takes charge when the original boss of the CID team has personal problems. That he sees Anna Travis as a loose cannon to be carefully guarded comes through loud and clear, and to be honest, Anna is not a good team player. She is very likely to go off impulsively on a tangent on her own, rather like a bloodhound following a faint scent.
To be fair to Anna it is her intuition that leads to connections being made, but it also highlight the fact that the team often does not do its job properly. It seems unfair though that James Langton is so willing to lay the blame at Anna's door, rather than accept the responsibility himself.
From the questions my listening partner in the car asked me, knowing the story from previous titles was important to a full understanding of DEADLY INTENT, and so this is a series that it pays to read in order. There are now 7 titles in the series.
Janet McTeer does an impressive job with the narration and the voice changes.
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LibraryThing member NHreader
Another excellent book in this series...this was a little convoluted, but I did enjoy it.
LibraryThing member diana.hauser
DEADLY INTENT by Lynda La Plante is Book 4 of her Anna Travis Mysteries series.
The book is fast-paced, very detailed, suspenseful and exhausting to read. (a good exhaustion!)
There are numerous characters, dead bodies, interconnecting relationships and events. A well-written ‘police procedural’,
Of course, the main characters are flawed - Anna Travis and James Langton. Anna has matured and is a top-notch, brilliant detective. Langton is a ticking time bomb - full of regrets, paralyzing pain from previous horrific injuries and a love-hate relationship with the human race. (Anna especially)
I was a bit frustrated at the ‘loose ends’ at the end. I was also frustrated by Anna’s interest in Damien. (very self-destructive)
DEADLY INTENT is highly recommended. An excellent choice if you’re looking for a suspenseful crime drama, police procedural and an up and coming detective series.
The book is fast-paced, very detailed, suspenseful and exhausting to read. (a good exhaustion!)
There are numerous characters, dead bodies, interconnecting relationships and events. A well-written ‘police procedural’,
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I couldn’t put it down and have just ordered Book 5 of the series.Of course, the main characters are flawed - Anna Travis and James Langton. Anna has matured and is a top-notch, brilliant detective. Langton is a ticking time bomb - full of regrets, paralyzing pain from previous horrific injuries and a love-hate relationship with the human race. (Anna especially)
I was a bit frustrated at the ‘loose ends’ at the end. I was also frustrated by Anna’s interest in Damien. (very self-destructive)
DEADLY INTENT is highly recommended. An excellent choice if you’re looking for a suspenseful crime drama, police procedural and an up and coming detective series.
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LibraryThing member DeltaQueen50
Deadly Intent by Lynda La Plante is the 4th book in the author’s police procedural series featuring Anna Travis. This was a very long, very intricate entry to the series that had Travis investigating the murder of a former colleague and trying to track a notorious drug dealer who has returned to
Anna is still recovering from her relationship with her former boss, Frank Langton and is trying to move on, but Frank is now in charge of the Murder Squad and she not only has to come face-to-face with him, but as the case gains notoriety, she has to once again work with him.
Anna proves herself to be a valuable member of the team, but some of her efforts are a little too edgy and she tends to take chances and strike out on her own. By the end of the book, she has gotten over any feelings she had for Frank while he in turn is threatening to have her up on report as he blames her for their failure to capture the drug lord. Anna does make some very questionable choices that could prove very destructive to her career so I am interested in continuing on with the series and finding out what happens next.
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the U.K. after having plastic surgery. The drug dealer is trying to recover money that he has stashed with various people and he will kill anyone who stands in his way.Anna is still recovering from her relationship with her former boss, Frank Langton and is trying to move on, but Frank is now in charge of the Murder Squad and she not only has to come face-to-face with him, but as the case gains notoriety, she has to once again work with him.
Anna proves herself to be a valuable member of the team, but some of her efforts are a little too edgy and she tends to take chances and strike out on her own. By the end of the book, she has gotten over any feelings she had for Frank while he in turn is threatening to have her up on report as he blames her for their failure to capture the drug lord. Anna does make some very questionable choices that could prove very destructive to her career so I am interested in continuing on with the series and finding out what happens next.
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Language
Original language
English
ISBN
9781849832335
Original publication date
2008-08-31