The Scene of the Crime by Lynda La Plante (Zaffre, 2025)
Crime Fiction
Lynda La Plante's The Scene of The Crime (ISBN: 9781838779979, hardback). The husband of a prominent barrister is found in horrific condition after a robbery. Now in a coma, a major investigation is launched using the newly formed, experimental Metropolitan Police Serious Crime Analysis Unit. Jessica Russell is an experienced CSI with degrees in psychology and criminology, but her first job is entirely new to her: to bring together a team of three trusted officers. Between them, the team has dealt with every kind of murder and major crime scene. Now they must piece together the complex puzzle at the heart of this brutal crime. If it was a robbery gone horrifically wrong, what was so important to have been stolen?