For their help along the way, my thanks go to Detective Dan Jones and his colleagues in the police department at Portland, Maine; to Liam McCaughey, MD, FFARCSI, FRCA, and the staff at Craigavon Area Hospital; and to Hilary Preston, who knows everything there is to know about physiotherapy. As ever, I am also indebted to Carole Blake and Bill Massey for their editorial guidance and for encouraging me to go the extra mile.