We are up to book 5 in the #TeamTennison project and each book just keeps getting better and better.
In the Dirty Dozen DS Jane Tennison becomes the first female to join The Flying Squad. Despite believing she has been transferred due to her excellent detective skills it soon becomes clear that not everyone would agree, and that the ‘old boys network’ is well and truly established in the department. However, Jane is never one to shy away from a challenge no matter how hard they are. Coming up against some of the most hardened armed criminals of her career Jane is determined to prove her fellow detectives wrong when she finds out that a notorious gang is going to carry out a robbery, but she is running out of time to find out where and when.
This was another good story from the Jane Tennison series. Jane is once again trying to balance family life against the demands of a job that is definitely not a 9-5. As always alongside the crime focus we find out more about Jane’s family dynamics and get an insight into the maybe not quite so perfect world of her sister.
One of the things I have really enjoyed about reading this series from the beginning again is the sense of the time they are written in. You get a great insight into the struggles that women would have undergone at this time, and the attitudes that men had about women and their ‘place’.
There were a lot of characters in this story and to start with it took a bit of time to get them all straight in my head but that added to the atmosphere, and you get the sense of confusion that starting a new job can bring when you try to place everyone. I also felt that this was quite a slow burner of a story as we are introduced to Jane’s new world and all the ways of the team. However, as the varying strands and characters all start to entwine the pace soon picks up and the story races to it’s conclusion.
I am very much enjoying reading this series and look forward to seeing how Jane fares in Blunt Force.
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