A month on from the launch of Ghost, the third novel in my Marc Dane series of thrillers, and things are moving apace; I made it on to the bestseller list once more, so I’m sending out a heartfelt thank-you to everyone who picked up a copy of the book.
As is now becoming an annual thing, when I was working on the book I assembled a playlist of songs that provided inspiration for characters, themes and scenes.
I’ve done this before for the previous novels in the series – Nomad (hosted over at the Civilian Readers blog) and Exile (here on Red Flag).
Here’s what I said when talking about the use of music while working on the first Marc Dane novel; “writing a book isn’t just the writing of the book; there’s also the time spent wrangling ideas or thinking stuff up. I find pacing out the kilometres on the runner at the gym is a great place for this, usually with a loud and driving playlist in my earbuds to propel me along.”
Here’s the beats that helped drive Ghost…
Track 1 – “GHOST Anthem” – Night Stalker – Carpenter Brut
Track 2 – “Snowboarding” – Song 2 – Blur
Track 3 – “Ambulance Chaser” – Atom Bomb – Fluke
Track 4 – “Drone Race” – Cold Rock the Mic – Apollo 440
Track 5 – “Kara’s Theme” – Paint it Black – Ciara
Track 6 – “Lucy’s Killer Look/Horizon Integral Caper” – The Payoff – Royale Deluxe
Track 7 – “Madrigal’s Story” – Break on Through (To the Other Side) – Josh Mobley
Track 8 – “Infiltration” – The Key – Johnny Jewel
Track 9 – “I Know You Got Seoul/Helicopter Chase” – Friction – Imagine Dragons
Track 10 – “Outro” – Live to Rise – Soundgarden
Track 11 – “GHOST End Credits” – A Hero’s Journey – Lazerhawk
Ghost is out now in major chain supermarkets, bookstores and online retailers. For more details click Here.
And if you’d like to read a sample chapter, visit Readers First right Here.
