Lost Souls by Jenny O'Brien (android e book reader txt) 📕

Helena Newton, editorial assistant Audrey Linton, and narrator Janine Cooper-Marshall. Writer Valerie Keogh also deserves an early mention. Her daily chats are a huge incentive for me to carry on tapping away on my keyboard.

While the characters here are fictitious there are a few who aren’t. Amy Potter, my friend and colleague, appears again as do swimming pals, Barbara Matthews and Katherine Jane, neither of whom resemble their characters and were happy to be murdered off, at least in print! Albert Honeybun is a wonderful name. It belonged to the father-in-law of a crime fiction reader over at the UK Crime Book Club. Thank you to Andrea Delene for giving me permission to use it.

My books are set in Wales and I can’t speak the language but Rhian Jones, over on Twitter, can and helped me enormously with the Welsh translations needed for the school and housing estate, so thank you.

I also like to use local businesses for authenticity. Castell Gwyn’s award-winning cracked black pepper cream cheese exists. Thanks to Jackie Whittaker for allowing me to use it. I look forward to sampling it next time I visit Wales. Nathan Jones is a very talented Welsh artist who creates the most amazing paintings, which are available online (@NathanJArt) and to view at The Life: Full Colour art gallery in Caernarfon. It was an honour to include one of his paintings on Amy’s lounge wall.

My mum used to live in Llandudno. Take a Break Café was one of her favourite places and so gets a mention as does Providero Café.

Much of the book centres around hip prosthetics, an idea that stemmed from a conversation I had with local jeweller, Paul Paint. The idea was expanded on with help from orthopaedic surgeon Ben Burgess, who very kindly met up with me to cement the idea and how it might work in my story. Also thanks to Julie Dunk for information on prosthetics following cremation. As a nurse, my knowledge of UK policing is limited to what I read so any mistakes are my own. I’ve researched everything that I’ve written about but errors are bound to creep in so apologies in advance if I’ve missed something.

I have a wonderful street team, a group of fans who are right beside me every step of the way. A huge thank you for all the support. Also thank you to all the book bloggers and book reviewers for helping my work find their audience. I continue to be in your debt for all the work you do behind the scenes. Never underestimate your worth.

Finally, as ever, thanks to my tribe of four who are always on my side with offers of mugs of tea and who get to hear first-hand how my writing is going, or not as the case may be. Buns for tea.

If you enjoyed Lost Souls, please think of leaving a review. The next in the series will be out in November.

Thanks,

Jenny x

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