Tens of millions of books have been self-published online since Amazon first made it possible in November 2007. Many languish ...

A century ago, in the early 1920s, English mystery writer Agatha Christie was dubbed the ‘Queen of Crime’. That crown has now been transferred seamlessly to Lynda La Plante, and what has earned her ...

Sparkling company, dripping with dry wit and irony, La Plante is sharp as a knife. Her thirst for knowledge is unrelenting, ...

When you’re one of the very best crime writers in the business, can boast a pioneering career stretching back almost seven ...

Mersey writer Lynda La Plante said she was "screaming in pain" during a hospital visit - but is vowing to keep on writing as ...

Eat the Ones You Love by Sarah Maria Griffin (Titan €9.49) features a cannibalistic orchid growing in a shopping mall, and ...

Many of us lie awake wondering whether we can pay the mortgage. The night before we meet, Lynda La Plante lay awake worrying ...

Veteran crime novelist Lynda La Plante has launched a blistering attack on Richard Osman and confessed she changes channels whenever the author appears on screen. The 82-year-old writer, known for ...

The bestselling novelist, 82, tells Tom Parker Bowles about her passion for white goods, aversion to cake, and why you should ...

Meteorologist Matt Taylor was forced to abandon his weather forecast due to a technical blunder which saw him flee the stage.

BBC Breakfast fans weren’t impressed by a “car crash” interview on the morning programme, as novelist Lynda La Plante took to ...