As always, huge thanks go to my agent Camilla Shestopal for her guidance, support and friendship. She often listens to my ramblings of ideas during the writing process and it really helps me to focus and shape them into a whole coherent piece.
A massive thank you to Tom Irwin, a director of Accuracy International, for his really informative discussion with me about their sniper weapons. In the height of lockdown, Tom very kindly called me all the way from the USA and ran through the features of their weapons and how they could be effectively deployed on a target. All of which helped me a great deal to bring the believability to Neva’s use of the AX308 in order to fake Talia’s death. I’m definitely going to take him up on the offer to visit their factory too!
Huge thanks to the actor Frazer Hines for his knowledge on horses and livery stable practices, which became a wonderful backdrop for a murder. Thanks also to Linda Compagnoni Walther for helping me get to grips with locations and travel in Switzerland. Much appreciation has to go, once again, to Colin Paul Renouf who helps me massively to focus on technical details – all of which adds to the content used in the world of my spies.
Thanks to my editor Bethan Morgan, who keeps me on track and catches me if I fall. Wow, how she guided me on this one! I know her words of wisdom have pushed me hard to deliver the best I can to bring The House of Killers to this final conclusion.
Applause as always to the crew at One More Chapter for working so hard to get the word out all the time about my books. Thanks as always to Lucy for this stunning cover design and for the amazing support of all of the publishing team.
And last, but definitely not least, love, thanks and adoration for my rock David who puts up with losing me to a novel every time I embark on writing one. Without David, none of this would be possible. ‘Never have two people been more suited.’