My thanks to Esther Maldonado, Sebastián Roa and Rafa Campo of the Policía Nacional for all those useful titbits.
To Rob, for being the best sounding board one could wish for. And to Debs Rose, for her advice on medical matters.
To Peter Robinson, Jenny Uglow and Mary Chamberlain, for all their invaluable help.
To Becky Hardie, for her patience.
And to Salud, Arturo and Gabriel, for their understanding.
Also, the following people contributed very generously to the ‘Motorbike for Max’ fund, which was essential for the research necessary for this book (it also made it a hell of a lot of fun):
Merrylegs, Michael Ivey, Howard Cearns, John Webster, Mary Dowley, S.Ford96, Twigger, Marie Shelton and Loudaisy.
My sincerest thanks to them all. Vroom, vroom . . .