Beginner’s Pluck: Belfast author Jane Cassidy on broadcasting, redundancy and writing

The Desire Line is an interesting, gentle mystery with twists.

Jane Cassidy author of The Desire Line

One of five children, Jane Cassidy was always mad about books. Her mother had been an English teacher, and her father was a GP. She adored being a student, but afterwards, she didn’t apply for a job, and instead became a professional folk singer.

“I’ve never regretted it,” she says. “I did some teaching on the side, when I wasn’t singing or touring.”