Acknowledgments

Thanks to my lovely husband, who supplied me with enough biscuits, tea and gin to complete this novel. Thanks also to the bunch of dear friends who read the early drafts and made such useful comments and recommendations, I couldn’t have done it without you. Thanks to Andrew Vernon, who checked out the police procedure, and agreed that a bit of poetic licence was entirely necessary. Finally, thanks to the team at Bloodhound Books for taking me on – here’s to many more!