ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I’d like to thank everyone who has supported my writing over the years. Dave, Rich, Daniel and everyone over at the facebook fan page get a special mention.

I’d also like to offer my gratitude to all the booksellers who have championed my work: Trevor Proctor, Tsam Cowling, Steven Caunt, Rich Coad, David Torrans and the FPI Belfast crew amongst others.

Thanks to Joe Baker and Tariq Sarwar for the research help.

Thanks to David Moody for helping to keep me sane in this Godawful business.

To my agent, Gina Panettieri: thanks for keeping me right on the maths side of things and always having my back.

To Steve, Chris and Jen: thanks for taking a chance on me.

Finally, huge thanks as always to Rebecca and Dita for your love, patience and belief in what I do.

Here’s to the next one . . .