Acknowledgments

My thanks to those who have helped me as I wrote Silent as the Grave.

In particular, to Sir Thomas Ingilby Bt, for giving me an insight as to how an ancient castle works. Mulgrave Castle may bear some resemblance to Ripley Castle, but the Rowe ancestry doesn’t have anything in common with the Ingilby family – at least I hope not!

I would also like to thank Tony (No Show) Rowe of Springwood Royals Cricket Club in New South Wales, Australia. Tony’s auction bid to be named as a character in Silent as the Grave helped provide much-needed funds for victims of the devastating Australian bushfires. His generosity reflects the true meaning of the ‘Spirit of Cricket.’ I hope I have done him justice.

My thanks to Hazel Cushion and the team at Accent Press for their hard work and professionalism. I am especially grateful to Greg Rees, whose meticulous editing went far beyond correcting my punctuation and grammar.

Finally, to my wife Val, for the countless hours she spent getting the manuscript into order.