It’s a welcome relief to write a book that doesn’t take much research. Nevertheless, I’m indebted for their backstage assistance to Sharon at That Café, Wendy at the St. Andrews Citizen, Dr. Julia Bray of St. Andrews University and forensic anthropologist Dr. Sue Black.
As always, my efforts were improved by suggestions from my editors, Julia Wisdom and Anne O’Brien, my editorial consultant, Lisanne Radice, my agent, Jane Gregory, and my legal adviser and first reader, Brigid Baillie.