A Face in the Crowd

Prime Suspect, Book 2

By: Lynda La Plante

Narrated by: Rachel Atkins

Everybody has a story to tell....

Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison has moved up the ranks, fighting every step of the way to break through Scotland Yard's glass ceiling. Now, on her first day as the head of the Vice Squad, a high-profile case threatens to destroy everything she has worked for.

When Tennison's latest investigation reveals an influential public figure as her prime suspect - a man with connections to politicians, judges, and Scotland Yard - she's given a very clear message about the direction her investigation should take.

In a case defined by murky details, one fact becomes indisputably clear, that for Tennison, going after the truth will mean risking her happiness and maybe her career.

Based on the award-winning TV series starring Helen Mirren, the complete and unabridged Prime Suspect trilogy is now available for the first time in audio.

©2019 Lynda La Plante (P)2019 Bonnier Books UK

Excellent story and narration

I reviewed first book in this series and my opinion remains the same with the second installment. Rachel Atkins is outstanding; one of the best narrators I’ve heard on Audible. She even manages to sound like Helen Mirren. Highly recommend to any fan of British crime/mystery. As always, Linda La Plante delivers another great story. The characters are more fully fleshed out than the TV series, as would be expected, but having seen all episodes I still enjoyed this audiobook immensely.

Good but explicit

Narration was excellent. Story had good twists and turns. Quite sexually explicit (sexual violence) and a lot of extraneous racial epithets. Worth a warning.

I feel like I need a shower

I enjoyed the Prime Suspect TV series so I picked up PS #1 just to get a sense of how La Plante envisioned Tennison from the beginning and I found the book interesting which inspired me to pick up PS #2. And, yuck! I wanted to get to know Tennison better and apparently La Plante preferred to give me a lovingly detailed profile of one of the planet's most disgusting men. I was subjected to revolting description and language about the mindset and actions of a truly perverted mind, but finished the book with no more understanding of Tennison than I had gotten from the first book. So, what I got about Jane from both books is that she's smart, hardworking, not personable and subjected to universal disregard and misogyny by her male colleagues. I am leaving this series bored and disgusted.

Rachel Atkins is almost too good. The anguished moans of victims and their loved ones sounds very real and is painful to listen to. The filthy voice of the criminal is way too good and made my skin crawl. I'd like to hear Ms. Atkins read a book I liked better than this one.