ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

For their creative help, support and kindness in the writing of this novel thank you to Margaret Stead, Sara O’Keeffe, Anne-Marie Doulton. The team at Corvus are always helpful and friendly but a particular thank you to Louise Cullen, who has had to endure the fiddly bits. Thanks also to everyone at Sly Fox Productions – Linda James, Tim Vaughan and Savannah James-Bayley.

Many people have generously shared their knowledge with me. Where there are errors, they are my own. Thank you to Dr Carolyn Millar, Dr Sergei Grachev, Dr Jamie K. Pringle, Jeffry and Claire Wilcox, David Walker, Sarah Walker and Avril Johnson.

As always I remain indebted to and inspired by my former colleagues.

Many people have helped throughout the writing of this book. I am horribly in debt to Uri Roodner. A good man is hard to find but I found one. Thanks too to Yoni and Daveed Roodner, Jane Robinson, Mark Attridge, Paul Needley, Paul Lindsell, Muriel and Fabrice Guine, Hemi and Keren Rudner, Kerry Edwards and Luke Philpotts. Special thanks and love to my sister, Ann Sutcliffe. She knows why. And enduring love to my dear sister Felicity Wood, who encouraged me and everyone around her and who always filled a room with laughter.