Jan Pearce

When one child is found and another is lost, a British police detective is pulled into a dark underworld as she tries to find a connection . . . DS Jan Pearce has become the go-to for missing persons cases-even though she has yet to find her son who disappeared. So when an abandoned toddler in a stroller is found in an alleyway, Jan is put in charge. She doesn't yet know that the little girl's mother, Lisa, is being manipulated by a criminal gang. All Lisa wants is her child back. When another kid is abducted, the events, at first, don't seem to be linked. Lisa, however, knows otherwise. Determined to somehow get word to DS Pearce, she puts herself in grave danger. But will the message reach Jan before it's too late for all of them?

Her son missing, a desperate detective hunts for clues in a decades-old case with possible connections to England's notorious Moors Murders . . . DS Jan Pearce struggles to focus on the job after her teenage son, Aiden, vanishes-and is frustrated when her colleagues presume that he's run away. While Janet works with her partner to take down local gangster Sean Connelly, she increasingly suspects Connelly may be involved in Aiden's disappearance. When it comes to searching for her son, though, she's on her own. The trail leads Jan to a property where she hopes to find Aiden-instead, she discovers two corpses. And when she learns that one of the deceased also had a son who went missing, she'll be plunged into mysteries both past and present . . .

Three novels starring police detective Jan Pearce, who specializes in missing persons-and hopes her own son is still out there somewhere . . . This collection featuring the troubled British police officer haunted by her dark past includes: Random Acts of Unkindness DS Pearce hunts for clues in a decades-old case with possible connections to England's notorious Moors Murders-and fears that the gangster she's trying to take down may have played a role in her teenage son's disappearance. Playlist for a Paper Angel When an abandoned toddler in a stroller is found in an alleyway, Jan Pearce is put in charge. She doesn't yet know that the little girl's mother is being manipulated by a criminal gang . . . What I Left Behind Pearce toils away on cold cases in Manchester, keeping a low profile. But then a wealthy executive's two-year-old daughter is abducted, and the kidnapping starts to escalate into a national security concern. She wants to keep her past in London hidden. Unfortunately, she has no choice but to step into the spotlight-and into the crosshairs . . . Praise for the novels of Jacqueline Ward "Wildly entertaining and compelling." -Daily Mail "Hugely engrossing." -Catherine Ryan Howard, Edgar Award finalist "Tense and gripping." -Sanjida Kay, author of My Mother's Secret

To find a kidnapped child, a police detective with a hidden past must step into the spotlight-and into the crosshairs. DC Jan Pearce is a talented cop who keeps a low profile, toiling away on cold cases. Her new colleagues in Manchester don't know about her dark past and the real reason she left London-and she plans to keep it that way. But when the two-year-old daughter of a wealthy executive is abducted, Jan is torn. The father, as well as Jan's senior officer, are convinced an organized gang is behind it, but Jan senses something more personal at work. After traces of bomb-making material are found, however, the kidnapping escalates into a national security concern. The last thing Jan wants is to be on camera at a press conference. But to save a life, will she dare to put her own at risk?