Acknowledgements

Thank you to everyone at Random House, particularly my editor Emma Rose who worked wonders and gave me terrific encouragement, Kate Elton, Louisa Gibbs, Claire Round, Amelia Harvell, Caroline Sloan and the superb sales team for their support.

Thank you to Lynn Curtis for her brilliant work on the text.

Special thanks to my splendid agent, Lizzy Kremer, who is amazingly patient, unceasingly supportive and very clever, and to wonderful Laura West at David Higham Associates.

Thank you to Emily for helping me with my research – it was hard work, going to exclusive nightclubs, but it simply had to be done.

Thank you to my family for helping so much during the months of writing, and to my friends, especially Fiona and Claire, who were so kind and generous when I needed those precious hours.