Imagined crossover · Police detectives
What if Jane Tennison met Vera Stanhope?
Two women who fought their way to the top. Two pioneering, uncompromising women in a police force that was not built for them.
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The pair
Jane TennisonMetropolitan Police officer, from probationer to Detective Chief SuperintendentBy Lynda La Plante · Prime Suspect · first in Prime Suspect
Vera StanhopeDetective Inspector in NorthumberlandBy Ann Cleeves · Vera Stanhope · first in The Crow Trap
Chemistry7/10
Friction8/10
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Where and when
Newcastle upon Tyne
The 2000s
The story
- How they might meet
- A senior Met detective is sent north to review a sensitive case, and Northumbria’s most stubborn DCI does not take kindly to being reviewed.
- Why they would work
- Two pioneering, uncompromising women in a police force that was not built for them.
- What each brings
- Jane is a disciplined, ambitious investigator who knows how to manage a murder team. Vera reads people with uncanny accuracy.
- Where they would clash
- Both are proud, both dislike interference, and neither suffers fools.
Strengths compared
Jane Tennison Vera Stanhope
Our own ratings out of 10, for fun.
On the page together
The years in which each character's books were published.
Read your way in
Start with each character's first appearance.
- Prime SuspectLynda La Plante · 1991 · Jane Tennison's first appearanceBuy on Amazon
- The Crow TrapAnn Cleeves · 1999 · Vera Stanhope's first appearanceBuy on Amazon
