Playlist for a Paper Angel (DS Jan Pearce Crime Fiction Series Book 3)

by Jacqueline Ward

The main characters DS Jan Pearce and Lisa Connelly shared differences and commonalities. What were these?

  Do the characters grow and change?

  If you could ask the author a question about the book, what would it be?

  Playlist for a Paper Angel includes some strong themes. What did you think the main themes of the book were? Did you feel that there were other themes apart from motherhood?

  Did you learn anything from the book? Did it change you in any way?

  What would your playlist be? What music reminds you of feelings like love, loss, and joy?

  ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

  Playlist for a Paper Angel was written over several years and involved research that took me into a different world. In order to understand Lisa’s character, I spoke to people whose lives had been, and sometimes still were, unbearable, and I thank them for their honesty.

  I would, as ever, like to thank Greater Manchester police for their help with procedural aspects and my medically-minded contacts for the extensive information on live organ donations.

  This is my second crime novel and my second novel with Kindle Press, and I would like to thank them for being easy to work with and for providing the support to make my work visible. I have been given a brilliant opportunity. Also to Kirkus editors for their editorial help.

  Thank you to all the readers who read Random Acts of Unkindness and chose to read this novel. I can’t tell you how grateful I am for all the support I have received from you, through reviews and contact.

  Thanks to Anstey Spraggan again for her constant encouragement, for listening endlessly to me, for appealing for Jan to be more sympathetic and for support agencies for Lisa. Thanks to Clodagh Murphy, Michele Brouder, Paula Daly, Fionualla Kearney, and Zoe Lea for their encouragement, for reading this, and for their valuable insights.

  Thanks to Bridget Davison for her editorial skills and for her encouragement. Thanks also to Lindsey Bowes for her constant support. Thank you to Beth McCann, Aisha Rangasamy and everyone from the Scriptwriting North group for cheering me on with the screenplay for this novel. If I’ve missed anyone, thank you, too. I’ve met some incredibly generous people on this journey.

  As always, love to my children Michelle, Victoria, and Toby, and to my grandchildren Evan, Leah, Phi, and Lincoln. I’m grateful to my parents for pointing me roughly in the right direction to do this—I did it in the end. Also, thanks to my brothers Stuart and Gary for listening to my dreams. I wish my grandparents could have been here for this; their love taught me how to understand the world better.

  Finally, biggest love and thanks to Eric Bourdiec, who supports me through everything and who shares this victory.