EricCWelch

Lynda La Plante can be quite uneven. Her Sleeping Cruelty strained credulity; Bella Mafia was unfinishable. Her forte, I believe is her police procedural series Trial and Retribution and the Anne Travis series, of which Red Dahlia is one, are much better. Her view of the British upper crust is not pleasant. They are cruel, insensitive, brutal, and perverted. It would be interesting to know if this attitude stems from personal experience. Note there is a connection to Ellroy's The Black Dahlia - an excellent book, btw. The killer is emulating the unsolved Black Dahlia murder although I don't think La Plante ties them together particularly well.