Widows' Revenge

Lynda La Plante

Feb 2019 · Widows Book 2 · Sold by Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

The sequel to Lynda La Plante's groundbreaking thriller, Widows - now a major feature film.

DOLLY, LINDA, SHIRLEY AND BELLA ARE BACK. AND THIS TIME IT'S A FIGHT TO THE FINISH.

Against all the odds, Dolly Rawlins and her gangland widows managed the impossible: a heist their husbands had failed to pull off - at the cost of their lives.

But though they may be in the money, they're far from easy street.

Shocked by her husband's betrayal, Dolly discovers Harry Rawlins isn't dead. He knows where the four women are and he wants them to pay. And he doesn't just mean getting his hands on the money.

The women can't keep running. They have to get Harry out of their lives for good. But can they outwit a criminal mastermind who won't hesitate to kill?

Especially when one of them has a plan of her own ... to kill or be killed.

The sequel to Lynda La Plante's groundbreaking thriller, Widows - now a major motion picture.

Ratings and reviews

WIDOW'S REVENGE picks up where WIDOWS left off. Dolly, Linda, Shirley and Bella are back ... and this time things will be finished. Three of the women lost their husbands when the guys tried to rob a bank. Dolly was the first to come across the mens' plans .. and she decided that they (the gals) could do this themselves. That's enough of a spoiler .. because the first book is a wowser. Dolly discovers that her husband did not die, and he's been in hiding. He is not pleased that this wife and the wives of his friends have succeeded where they didn't and are now in possession of a lot of money that he believes is his. He doesn't just want the money ... he wants them all to die. The suspense and action starts at the very beginning and is nicely paced throughout. The characters are deftly drawn, warts and all. This all-female cast leads in all directions guaranteed to keep the reader riveted. The conclusion came fast and furious ... a real breath-taker. Many thanks to the author / Bonnier Zaffre USA / Netgalley for the digital copy of this crime fiction. Read and reviewed voluntarily, opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.

About the author

Lynda La Plante was born in Liverpool. She is the author of nearly forty novels, all of which have been bestsellers. She trained for the stage at RADA and worked with the National theatre and RDC before becoming a television actress. She then turned to writing—and made her breakthrough with the phenomenally successful TV series Widows.

Lynda's original script for the much-acclaimed Prime Suspect won awards from BAFTA, Emmys, British Broadcasting and Royal Television Society as well as the 1993 Edgar Allan Poe Award.

Lynda is an honorary fellow of the British Film Institute and was awarded the BAFTA Dennis Potter Best Writer's Award in 2000. In 2008, she was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to Literature, Drama and Charity.

Lynda La Plante is the first lay person to be awarded an honorary fellowship to the Forensic Science Society. In 2020 she launched the acclaimed Listening to the Dead podcast with former CSI Cass Sutherland, exploring forensic science and its impact on solving crimes.