by Lynda La Plante · tapa dura · ISBN 9780857201836
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«Backlash» is a crime thriller novel by Lynda La Plante, published by Simon & Schuster Ltd in hardback (496 pages, in English).
A patrol stops a white van in Hackney that is driving erratically: inside is a woman's corpse and the driver confesses to murdering her, as well as two other crimes. Anna Travis, who years earlier investigated the disappearance of a thirteen-year-old girl with James Langton, distrusts the confession and pushes to reopen the case.
It is the eighth instalment of the Anna Travis crime series, published in 2012 and set in London; the investigation brings Anna Travis together with James Langton.
For readers of crime thrillers and followers of the series starring Anna Travis; it is advisable to have read the previous instalments.
Lynda Joy La Plante, CBE is an English author, screenwriter and former actress. She created and wrote the police procedural television series Prime Suspect. In 2024 she was honoured with the Crime Writers' Association of Britain's Diamond Dagger award for her outstanding lifetime's contribution to the crime and mystery fiction genre.
