Review:
Title: Silent Scream
Author: Lynda La Plante
Sypnosis (from back of book):
British film star Amanda Delany has the world at her feet. Never one for the quiet life, she has had a string of affairs with the hottest actors around. The tabloids can't get enough of the talented and outrageous your actress and she, in turn, can't get enough of the spotlight.
Then, late home one evening from a night shoot, Amanda puts the key in her front door for the last time. The next morning, the press gather once again in the pretty Belgravia mews where she lives, this time to report on a brutal murder. Amanda's body has been found inside, stabbed many times, only her beautiful face left unharmed.
DI Anna Travis is desperate for a break after a long hard-fought case. But a call comes through, summoning her to the scene of the Delany murder. Anna is shocked by what she finds, and even more so when she discovers the truth behind the public image of this glamorous and successful acress. Amanda's parents are remarkably cold in the wake of their daughter's death, her film agent evasive, and her former lovers are quick to distance themselves. For all her fame and fortune, Anna realizes, Amanda Delany was lonely, damaged and afraid.
But who would want to take her life? Who would have felt threatened enough by her to exact this kind of appalling revenge? Anna and the team grapple to track down Amanda's killer, headed by the ever demanding DCI James Langton. But Anna has a challenge of her own to overcome too. Promotion to Chief Inspector is within her grasp. But when the time comes for her to stand before the board, she faces an adversary from the least likely quarter...
My Comments:
This is fifth book in the series starring Anna Travis and James Langton, and I have read and enjoyed all of them.
This book was no exception. It had me gripped from the word go and surprised at what Anna and the team discovered whilst trying to find out who the killer was.
Whilst I enjoy this series and the characters, sometimes I find Anna annoying as she doesn't listen to advice she is given by her superiors, not to work alone, and learn to work as a team. She is sometimes very childish
There were a lot of twists in this book, some of which I didn't guess and some I did.
I would recommend this book, but think (to get to know the characters especially because there are references to the previous books) to read the first book in the series first.
Rating: 5/5
Next book: Brooke Morgan - Tainted