A huge thank you to…
…Clio Cornish, my bubbly, brilliant editor. Your advice is always incredibly insightful and you have helped me to shape this book into the best novel I can make it. (I wish I had come up with your beautiful name for one of my characters!)
…the whole talented team at HQ Digital for all your hard work and in particular Anna Sikorska for another fantastic cover and Helena Newton for the copy edits.
…my lovely agent, Sam Copeland, at Rogers Coleridge & White. I appreciate your quick replies to my messages as well as your excellent sense of humour! You’ve been terrific. Thanks also to Max and Eliza at RCW.
…my husband and our children for putting up with me writing and believing in me as well as to my Labrador, Cookie, who takes me out for walks so that I can talk aloud to my characters.
…my beta readers: my mother Caroline Maud, my friends Emmeline Blairon and Bella Henry, and my cousin Anne Nietzel-Schneider. Thank you for wading through the early drafts and spotting the glaring errors, and for your encouragement and positive feedback.
…the talented Caroline Frear, author of Sweet Little Lies. Thank you, Caz, for your help with police procedures in the case of domestic abuse.
…my fellow authors, particularly the members of the Facebook support and advice groups I belong to, and the amazing bloggers I’m in touch with on social media. You’re incredibly supportive and friendly folk!
I am indebted to all of you.
A special mention for Paul, the owner of the Glen Rothay Hotel/Badger Bar, which features as the venue for the wedding reception in He Will Find You. Although I have eaten (the delicious pub food) here, I had to email Paul for a few details. Paul asked me to mention the badgers, great beer and the lovely hotel rooms with a lake view.
And finally, thank you from the bottom of my heart to all my readers, whoever and wherever you are, for taking the time to read my books. I hope you enjoyed them.