The book has an open ending, with a few puzzles that we’d like to see solved. What else lies in store for Anna Travis?
I know there is an open ending to the book that leaves some puzzles, probably the biggest being that they lose their Prime Suspect. There is also again the feeling that Anna Travis could get into deep trouble because she is hotheaded and does not conform to rules. The following book will take Travis further toward losing her career unless she becomes a team player. She is also becoming less naive, more sexually aware, and unafraid to face her ties to Langton and set them loose for once and for all.
Enhance Your Book Club
Watch an episode of Prime Suspect, the television series that La Plante is most well known for writing, starring Helen Mirren. The show was broadcast on PBS as part of Masterpiece Theatre and is now available on DVD via services such as Netflix.
Find a point midway through the book to meet with your group and guess how the book’s events will pan out. Will they capture the killer(s)? Will Travis and Langton get back together? How many more people will be found murdered? Write down your predictions so you can come back to them once you’ve finished reading.
Find out more about the author’s production company, La Plante Productions, by visiting its website at www.laplanteproductions.com.
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