Sparkling company, dripping with dry wit and irony, La Plante is sharp as a knife. Her thirst for knowledge is unrelenting, ...

Many of us lie awake wondering whether we can pay the mortgage. The night before we meet, Lynda La Plante lay awake worrying ...

A century ago, in the early 1920s, English mystery writer Agatha Christie was dubbed the ‘Queen of Crime’. That crown has now been transferred seamlessly to Lynda La Plante, and what has earned her ...

BBC Breakfast fans weren’t impressed by a “car crash” interview on the morning programme, as novelist Lynda La Plante took to ...

Mersey writer Lynda La Plante said she was "screaming in pain" during a hospital visit - but is vowing to keep on writing as ...

Tour de force Lynda la Plante turned 80 on Wednesday and while she admits that the landmark birthday was not particularly welcome, the legendary writer embraced it. “I’ve reached 80 but I feel ...

Lynda La Plante. Harper/Bourbon Street, $14.99 trade paper (496p) ISBN 978-0-06-213434-9 La Plante breaks no new ground in her eighth Anna Travis novel (after 2012’s Bloodline).

Agatha Christie may have been dubbed “The Queen of Crime,” but fellow bestselling writer Lynda La Plante has secured a title even her illustrious predecessor would have coveted. La Plante has ...

Novelist Lynda La Plante is in lockdown, holed up in her ­impressive Surrey home with her 16-year-old son Lorcan, the child she adopted when she was 59 and who, she proudly declares, is the best ...

La Plante broke through in 1983 with her six-part British robbery miniseries “Widows,” which had a follow-up series, “Widows 2,” in 1985 and another spinoff, “She’s Out,” in 1995.

Wrongful Death by Lynda La Plante is published by Simon & Schuster, priced £18.99. The author will be in conversation on Wednesday at 7pm at the Steps Theatre, Central Library, Wellgate Centre ...