I’m delighted to be part of Team Tennison, where, over the next few months, I’ll be reading and reviewing the books in the Tennison series, in the build up to the release of the tenth book later in the year. My review of the eighth book in the series, Dark Rooms, is written with thanks to Tracy Fenton for inviting me to be part of Team Tennison, and to the publisher for my copy of the book.

Blurb:

Helena Lanark is the only one who knows about the horrors which once occurred in her family’s house. The heiress of an immense family fortune, she now resides in a luxurious care home; her mind and memory fading fast.

Jane Tennison is leading a murder investigation into the recent brutal death of a young girl, her decomposed, starved body discovered in an old air raid shelter in the garden of the Lanark’s now derelict house. Initially the focus is on identifying the victim, until another body is found hidden in the walls of the shelter.

As the investigation and search for answers intensifies, Jane travels to Australia. There she discovers the dark secret that the Lanark family has kept hidden for decades. A secret that not only threatens to bring down a family dynasty, but also places Jane Tennison in mortal danger . . .

Murder hides behind closed doors in Lynda La Plante’s brilliant new Jane Tennison thriller.

Review:

I’ve really enjoyed the whole Tennison series and Dark Rooms is no different. Jane Tennison is now a Detective Inspector and this means she is placed with another team that we haven’t met before. I love how the author uses this to allow us to see Jane in different situations. Despite now being a more senior rank, she still experiences rudeness and sexism from her colleagues but I love her determination to succeed and get to the answers, even if it doesn’t always sit well with her family and friends.

As part of the investigation in Dark Rooms, Jane goes to Australia to conduct an interview. It’s interesting to see Jane spread her wings and work with a less experienced detective and I enjoyed the descriptions of the places they visited in Australia.

Like Jane, I also wanted to find the answers to the questions posed by the investigation and this made the novel really engaging. There are lots of twists and red herrings as the case unravels and I loved the tension, particularly in the last few chapters of the novel.

I am intrigued to see what Jane does next!

Dark Rooms is available from Amazon.