THE BASIS FOR STEVE MCQUEEN’S UPCOMING MAJOR MOTION PICTURE, WIDOWS IS A FAST-PACED HEIST THRILLER WITH AN ALL FEMALE CAST YOU WON’T FORGET.Before PRIME SUSPECT there was WIDOWS . . . Facing life alone, they turned to crime together. Dolly Rawlins, Linda Pirelli and Shirley Miller are left devastated when their husbands are killed in a security van heist that goes disastrously wrong. When Dolly … wrong. When Dolly discovers her husband Harry’s bank deposit box, containing a gun, money – and detailed plans for the hijack – she realises that she only has three options: 1. Give up and forget she ever found them; 2. Hand over Harry’s ledgers to the police, or to the thugs that have been hassling her for information they think she has; 3. She and the other widows could carry out the robbery themselves Novices in the craft of crime, the three women make their preparations. Along the way they discover that Harry’s plan required four people, not three. But only three bodies were discovered in the carnage of the original hijack – so who was the fourth man, and where is he now? Recruiting hooker Bella O’Reilly as their fourth, the widows are determined to execute their plan. Facing mounting pressure from DI Resnick, and local thugs Arnie and Tony Fisher, can they stick together and finish the job their husbands started . . .
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In this book you have Dolly Rawlins whose husband along with two other men die in a heist gone wrong. As Dolly grieves the loss of her husband, she finds instructions on the heist and decides to pull off what he could not. She then enlists the help of the other husband’s widows. As the story goes on the plot thickens and things are definitely not what they seem. With witnesses turning up dead and the police closing in, things start to get a bit dangerous for the women. Can they pull of the heist? Or will one of them end up hurt or worse…dead?
Wow! This book threw me for a loop. I am excited to see the movie now. I hope it does the book justice. Lynda La Plante is a crime novel goddess. I absolutely loved this book. The concept of women pulling off a caper like this was just awesome. I like seeing women in a strong character role and this book has that. These women pull themselves out of the depth of their grief and pull of this huge heist. It is crazy.
This book is a highly entertaining thriller with plenty of twists to make you go “WTF! I did not see that coming”. But in pure Lynda fashion there are plenty of tiny crumbs to follow along the way to help you figure out the who done it. I am excited to read another one, since Lynda left this one open for more. What is next for these daring women?
Widows
(Dolly Rawlins #1)
by Lynda La Plante
4 Stars
Widows is a terrific crime thriller, where the heroines are three recently widowed women who come together to attempt the robbery their husbands died trying to pull off. It starts a little slow and dragged for me a bit by the time I was about halfway through, but it finishes with a bang. Can’t wait for the sequel!
Great plot twist.
A well told story..I see why it was made into a movie, which is excellent.
Very well written. I enjoyed it till the end. Good read!
Much better than the movie…!
Great book I want to read the sequel
Can’t wait to see the movie!
Great book.
Better than the movie.
Oh my goodness!!! So good! What a page turner. You think you’ve got it then a new plot twist. Can’t wait to see the movie.
I enjoyed this book but found it a little too long. The plot could have moved quicker.
A fun read.
Awesome
I did not believe the plot line, therefore hard to get into. Too far-fetched to be. believable.
Good fun read!
What happened next?
Loved it. Kept me involved with the characters.
I didn’t like the basic premise of the book, which was widows of thieves becoming thieves themselves. I like Lynda LaPlante’s Tennyson series a lot, but this one, which was her first foray into writing, is not in the same class.
For those who like books on the dark side. There are really no good guys here and not many smart people. Glosses over what would have been giant obstacles in real world.