Interesting start to a brand new series.
Very well written, the storyline flowed and the characters very interesting and developed. Being a first time reader of the author I am delighted to admit I am now a fan. Anxiously awaiting the next installment of the series.
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read the  advanced copy of the book. 
#netgalley

Buried, by Lynda La Plante, is a complex story with a complex protagonist. The story starts as a murder mystery: who killed the man whose corpse was found burned in an old cottage--along with millions in bank notes. The discovery of the bank notes leads the investigating team to delve into old, unsolved robberies and DC Jack Warr to delve into secrets of his own past.

The story sometimes skipped from present to past without transition, but that may have been due to the formatting of the ARC I was reading. Perhaps in the final edit, there will be some sort of demarcation. I found myself re-reading paragraphs, to be sure I understood the timeline jumps.

There are lots of interesting characters in this story. Some are sympathetic, many are not. I found the devolution of the central character to be disconcerting. He starts as a kind, loving individual who has floated along at work without being highly motivated, to being someone less attentive to his family, more enthused by his work,  and greatly intrigued by his discovered connections to dead gangsters. 

I read fiction to be entertained, and while "Buried" is an interesting story, I found the conclusion dismaying, and doubt I will read further in the series.

I enjoyed reading this book but throughout the story I would get bored at times and would out it down. At the same time there was some scenes that made me not want to stop reading it! I think the author, Lynda La Plante, did an amazing job at describing the the forensic process. Me being a a student who studies forensics, I appreciated that she made sure her scenes were factual.
 One thing I wish was developed more was the characters, I wanted to care about them more than I did, I wanted them to solve the crime more than I wanted jack to resolve his personal issues. Overall I enjoyed the plot and would recommend to someone looking for excitement and true crime.

I have seen this author being discussed on multiple blogs the past couple of years and hen I got a chance to read the first in a new series I had to give it a try.

Once again though, I hit the roadblock of not liking something popularly lauded. I am not sure exactly what it could be. The mystery itself was pretty exciting and twisted. We have a body recovered from a burning house. At this house, they also find remains of burnt money which immediately has bells ringing in the minds of people who have been on the force for longer. This older case that everyone is reminded of might be connected to an even earlier case! So far, so good, but then come the investigation officers. Our series lead Jack Warr started off an interesting chap, a little laid back but once the case gets more convoluted, he gets involved. The storyline got a little absurd when he starts to investigate his own life, and it turns out that the excuses he gives might actually end up being based in fact (not something he knows when lying in the first place). The coincidences were too strong to digest, and if he was not there in the story, I would have rated it higher. In the same way, if the main plot was even slightly different, I might have not finished the book.

I have read quite a few grey characters in the books I have been reading, and I am not ethically opposed to them, but in this case, large chunks of Jack Warr's personality seem hard to digest and just move on. I have to iterate that I am in the minority and this has happened to me when reading thrillers and police procedurals, with me not liking many. If you have read this author before and liked her books, then I am sure you will enjoy this too!

I received an ARC thanks to NetGalley and the publishers, but the review is entirely based on my own reading experience.

There are a plethora of characters in this new series, so a bit confusing trying to keep them all straight. A fire breaks out in a run-down cottage and a charred body is found in the wreckage, along with millions of dollars in cash burning in the fireplace. It turns out the money traces back to a 1995 bank robbery that has never been solved.  Detective Jack Warr is interested in finding out more, and he is fascinating character that I can see being part of a long-lived series.  There are a lot of great stories behind many of the people in the story, and the ending was a nice surprise.  I look forward to reading more about Jack. Thanks NetGalley!

Buried by Lynda LaPlante

A story of present day sleuthing in England, the protagonist, Jack Warr is on the hunt on two fronts. One is for the killer of a burned body found in The Grange, a once grand manor house, and the other is a search for his biological father. 

Detective Constable Warr finds himself digging in a different direction for the killer(s)than his fellow police officers.  He has gone rogue. He is also on a secret mission using his police position to check out DNA, unearth buried bodies and to question those who may have known his birth father. Warr needs to know who he really is. Could he be the son of an unsavory character? 

As it turns out, his sleuthing also leads him to uncover the players of an unsolved diamond theft and a train heist. Who shot who, who stole and hid the money/diamonds, how did they do it and who is his bio dad? All these mysteries and more get solved in this story by Lynda LaPlante in Buried.

Many thanks to #BonnierZaffreUSA and #NetGalley for an ARC for my review.

A cracking story with a great new set of characters! Jack Warr and Maggie are a super cute couple, he is a mixed up policeman for various reasons and his life gets very complicated....will he do the right thing? Full of tension and intrigue, this crime thriller will tick all the boxes. Fast paced, easy to read, not confusing despite the complexity of the world he inhabits and a romance - what more could you want? I will definitely be buying the next Jack Warr book in 2021 😍

Buried is the first book in Lynda La Plante's new series featuring Detective Jack Warr. I loved the Widows trilogy and this new series carries on from those crimes, but is set several decades later. It was great catching up with several old characters again. Buried can be read as a stand alone too. Lynda is my favourite author so I can't fault this book in any way. With thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for my digital copy.

I had such high hopes. While the book was good, I don't know if it will cause me to read the next one. I just don't like Jack Warr and if I don't like the main protagonist, it's hard for me to read. I realize he was written this way and it's just my personal taste.

Jack has transferred to London. His new CO has high hopes for him which so far he hasn't met expectations. A body is found in a burned out cottage and thousands of pounds in expired bills are partially burned in the fireplace. Now, this part of the store is fascinating. It leads to a train robbery that took place many years ago which then leads to a diamond heist that happened years before that. The characters are interesting.

On the personal side, jack finds out his adoptive father is dying. This leads to him to search to find out who his birth father is, he already knows who his birth mother is. This is the part that I didn't care for. Yes, both plots are intertwined and one feeds the other, it just didn't do it for me.

The premise of this book was great. Didn’t see the need for Jack’s other story line. It took away from the focus of the robbery. The book was choppy but could just be the ARC copy.  Didn’t really like or feel anything for the women in this book. They all seemed cold and heartless. Characters are pretty forgettable. Would like to give this author another try.

I really enjoyed this book.  Character development was good.  The plot was very interesting.  Not a lot of typos.

What do a diamond heist, train robbery worth $27 million and a charred body in a cottage spanning several decades have in common?  Jack a non committed cop just learning to trust his “gut”, trying to determine who he is and what he wants to do with his career when he is called to the scene of the cottage fire.  As the pieces click into place he is called to meet with a group of fascinating women who lived at the Grange when the train robbery was committed.  I enjoyed the story as it unfolded and appreciated the character development.  I did find it difficult to tell at times the jump in timeline or perspective, but hope that was delineated better in later copies as I was given an ARC.  I highly enjoyed this book and recommend it, all opinions are my own.

A year ago I read SHE’S OUT, an older book by this author and was left with mixed feeling. There were questions I wished had been answered and supposedly good characters I did not particularly like. So, when I saw many of the same characters included in a book set many years after SHE’S OUT, I jumped on the chance to read BURIED.

From the earlier book, I was reunited with Esther Freeman and her gang of ex-con women as well as long since retired ex-policeman DS Mike Withey. Newly introduced is DI Jack Warr, a wonderfully drawn and intriguing character who is to be the central focus of a new series of books by the author.  

Threads left unsolved by SHE’S OUT take center stage in this book. What ever happened to the fortune in jewels that the women all yearned to get their hands on? And what about the daring train robbery that took place shortly after Dolly Rawlins “got out” in the previous book? There was a fortune in missing money still unaccounted for and there were no clues as to who was responsible for the robbery. A total of £30 million was taken and never found by investigators.

The book opens at the fire which destroyed Rose Cottage, adjacent to The Grange—the focus of SHE’S OUT. In the ashes investigators find the charred remains of a man and remnants of burned £1 and £5 notes. DI Jack Warr is a key part of the team that follows the clues that wind their way through the SHE’S OUT gang toward the answers.

Though there are threads that are still not resolved, this was a wonderful and extremely satisfying read. I was thrilled to get beyond the unsatisfying ending I was left with in SHE’S OUT and look forward to following Jack’s trail in future of the Jack Warr books by the author.

I was given a copy by NetGalley with the promise of an honest review.

I had great hopes for this mystery but I was totally confused by the lead character, Detective Jack Warr. But then he is totally confused, and keeps getting more and more off center and by the latter part of the book he is tending towards psychotic. Does he want to; be a detective or find his birth father, be a detective or dislike his co-workers, constantly disappoint his girlfriend or find his birth father, miss every last important moment with his adoptive parents or find his birth father. Detective Jack Warr can’t seem to make up his mind on which side of the law he wants to walk. His ability to self-explain many questionable choices turned out to be a bigger problem for me that for this Detective. 

Too bad, all that really got in the way of what was an interesting mystery.  Thank you Bonnier Zaffre USA for a copy.

I really enjoyed this book. I love mafia movies and I stumbled across La Belle Mafia while looking for mother mafia movies to watch and I feel in love with the female gangster trope, even though those women fell into the roles because of necessity. Imagine my surprise when I found out one of my favorite movies was also a book!! 

Ok I'm going to stop fangirling. 

After Belle Mafia and Widows I just had to get my hands on her latest book and boy oh boy I was not disappointed. La Plante's heroes and even her villains are flawed. They aren't all evil and all good. They are decent folks that stumble and the evil in thee world is capable of good when the chips are down. I like grey characters as well but I can take a true evil character with the best of them. She has a way of making her characters feel like real breathing people. They leap off the page and become corporeal and its like watching a pantomime in your living room. you forget you are looking at words on a page. 

As usual La Plante gave us a cabal of strong women. Not strong in the sense of Wonder Woman, but strong in the unbendable nature. Their desire to survive no matter what lemons life throws at them. Their desire to stand on their own two feet without a man or society telling them its ok. That sort of strength. There is beauty in that. 

The pacing was good, even with the backstory and the setup. There were a few moments where you might have gotten bored, but a turn of the page cured you. This is the first in a brand new series and its another home run. 

La Plante has stumbled across a formula that works and I for one want to be along for this ride as long as possible.

This is the first of a new (and I predict successful!) series based on these characters.  It's a well-written book with good characters and a compelling mystery.  There's a good balance between the mystery and the lives of the people.

My only complaint was how the narrative constantly shifted in time and people from one to another with no warning.  That seems to be a trend in writing today and I find it irritating.  Overall, though, I really enjoyed this book.

I want to thank NetGalley for the eARC for my honest review,  This was my first Lynda La Plante but it certainly wont be my last.   A wonderfully written mystery with the amazing addition of good and bad, honesty vs lie. This added so much to the book that it became 5 Stars.  Can a man’s genetic history play a part in who he really is?  You decide, but read this to find some interesting takes on possibilities.

Readers are taken on a delightful tour of London's underbelly past and present as Jack Warr investigates the murder of an unidentified body found inside a burnt-out cottage. The discovery of charred money in the cottage suggests a possible connection to an unsolved 1995 train robbery, in which the thieves disappeared without a trace with 30 million pounds. But I won't say more about the plot, as I don't want to ruin it for other readers. Suffice it to say, the reader is taken on a roller coaster ride of adventure, complete with multiple plot twists, a wide array of eccentric, well-developed characters, an imperfect and complex protagonist, and more than touch of humor. This was my first book by this author and it won't be my last. An engrossing, fun, suspenseful read!

This is the first book in a brand new series by this author featuring the debut of DC Jack Warr.

When a house fire is determined to have started by an arsonist, DC Jack Warr is called to investigate when a burned body is found inside. What they also find is millions of stolen, untraceable bank notes, most all burned.

Jack's investigation into the fire, and the burnt body inside, coincide with an investigation into his own past. Adopted at birth, Jack discovers his birth father may have been none other than Harry Rawlins, a renowned criminal.

This crime .. and the investigation.. will take Jack from the crime today to another crime 20-some years ago to another crime committed a few years ago.

After reading this author's Anna Travis series, I was expecting this to be well written, with a tightly woven plot and complex characters. I wasn't disappointed. There are multiple characters from three different times that keep the reader riveted to the story. Jack makes an interesting lead character. I did like the way his past is brought into the present. There are some surprises along the way leading to an unexpected conclusion.

This is an excellent beginning to what looks to be an exciting and gripping crime fiction series.

Many thanks to the author / Zaffre Books / Netgalley for the digital copy of this crime fiction. Read and reviewed voluntarily, opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.

Great book! This was the first book from this author that I read. I definitely will  be reading more from her. I throughly enjoyed this book , the author has a way with words it’s almost poetic!