Writing can be a lonely affair, but this book could not have been published without assistance from the following: Gayle Cameron, Police Scotland; Kenny Cameron (retired) Police Scotland; Mark Waterfall, CCTV Manager, Police Scotland and Jon Miller, ex-superintendent Tayside Police, for police procedure; Professor Sue Black, Director of the Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification, University of Dundee and Derrick Pounder, Professor of Forensic Medicine (Retired), University of Dundee, for the gory stuff; Heather Holden-Brown, Elly James, Claire Houghton-Price and Celia Hayley of hhb agency for encouragement and advice; Philip Parr, for tireless copyediting right down to the last comma; Krystyna Green and many others in Constable & Robinson who worked tirelessly behind the scenes to give this novel the best possible start; and finally Anna, for putting up with me, believing in me and loving me all the way.
This book is a work of fiction. Those readers familiar with St Andrews and the East Neuk may notice that I have taken creative license with respect to some local geography.
Any and all mistakes are mine.