Good Friday, focus around the early years of Jane… after she first joins the police force. Obviously the sexist attitudes and prejudice she experiences in the Prime Suspect series (kicking off in the early 1990s) is nothing compared to the attitudes of many two decades earlier… but the resilient and resourceful young Jane doesn’t let that stand in her way.
I find the backcover blurb a little misleading on this one. Anther version I checked out was very much the same. I’m not saying it’s a bad thing, but it implies Jane and her colleagues kinda see the big picture long before they do. Which they don’t.
When we again meet Jane she’s now a detective and though her new boss is kinda supportive she’s basically doing grunt work. She aspires to join the Flying Squad – a boys-only arrogant bunch who investigate armed robberies across London. Her boss offers her a stepping stone however on the ‘Dip Squad’ a similar group, though less prestigious, targetting pickpockets.
I’m loving early / young Jane and think La Plante is doing a good job of building her into the detective and character we later meet. Of course there’s still a fragility and innocence to this Jane and we’re slowly learning why older Jane – though perhaps still retaining some of that sensitivity – has a hardened and bristly shell.
I find the backcover blurb a little misleading on this one. Anther version I checked out was very much the same. I’m not saying it’s a bad thing, but it implies Jane and her colleagues kinda see the big picture long before they do. Which they don’t.
When we again meet Jane she’s now a detective and though her new boss is kinda supportive she’s basically doing grunt work. She aspires to join the Flying Squad – a boys-only arrogant bunch who investigate armed robberies across London. Her boss offers her a stepping stone however on the ‘Dip Squad’ a similar group, though less prestigious, targetting pickpockets.
I’m loving early / young Jane and think La Plante is doing a good job of building her into the detective and character we later meet. Of course there’s still a fragility and innocence to this Jane and we’re slowly learning why older Jane – though perhaps still retaining some of that sensitivity – has a hardened and bristly shell.