She is unfairly not called up for the murder enquiries and when she finally gets to head one up, she must deal with all the male officers who are against her running the show. We see this with the Anna Travis novels – she is not taken seriously until she proves herself, and even then faces stiff opposition from most of the men on the force. La Plante seems to stick to the theme of women not being respected in the police force and having to fight their way in. This happens to be a woman called Jane Tennison, in this case, and she has to jump straight into a well liked, older, respected male colleague’s place – against the wishes of his loyal subordinates. This story starts a bit like The Red Dahlia – the second book in La Plante’s Anna Travis series – whereby the lead detective on a case dies/becomes incapacitated by ill health, and so a new detective has to take their place.
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