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What I Left Behind

DS Jan Pearce Crime Fiction Series, Book 1

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What I Left Behind

By: Jacqueline Ward
Narrated by: Laura Brydon
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How far would you go to hide from the past?

One-year old Maisie Lewis is missing. DC Jan Pearce is in hiding from her past but is drafted onto the case when things escalate. What forced Jan to come back to Manchester to start a new life? Who is she hiding from? What is making this kickass woman hide away and work on cold cases rather than step up to the action? Is it business - or is it personal? A chain of paper dolls and a series of sinister messages leads Jan to the truth and into the dangerous territory of hidden secrets - but is it too late for little Maisie?

What I Left Behind is the prequel to the DS Jan Pearce Crime Fiction Series. If you love crime fiction with strong female characters who get the job done you will enjoy this fast-paced novel. Get What I Left Behind to find out DS Jan Pearce’s USP when it comes to solving crimes - and the big secret that kicks off the next part of her career in Random Acts of Unkindness and Playlist for a Paper Angel.

Fans of Angela Marsons and Lucy Clarke will enjoy What I Left Behind.

©2017 Jacqueline Ward (P)2020 Jacqueline Ward Crime Crime Thrillers Fiction International Mystery & Crime Mystery Police Procedural Thriller Thriller & Suspense

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Love this authors books. The story is great and such a great narrator too. Now can't wait listen to the next one.

A must listen for this Genre

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At first the narrator’s accents seemed too harsh and it almost put me off. I lived in Manchester for 5 years and I didn’t find them totally convincing, too exaggerated. But I think she must settle into the reading, or I just got involved in the story and they stopped bothering me.
I often read crime fiction and though this wasn’t outstanding it was a good story which I enjoyed listening to. And I will be listening to the other two books in the series.

Bare with it - I’m reading the next one already

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Once I got used to the accents, I couldn’t stop listening. A crime book with many twists and turns.

A very good listen

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I Enjoyed this audio book very much
Hopefully they will be more audio books
Must read on your list

Great storyline

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Really enjoyable. Police procedures were interesting and emotional. The story was well written and very easy to listen to and follow.

Excellent storyline

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