My sincere thanks to: the MIRA teams around the world and, especially, to Adam Wilson, prince among editors; my admirable agent Broo Doherty; and the excellent people at MIDAS PR, London.
My gratitude and love to the family and friends who have acted as this author’s support system. Particular thanks to Sofka Zinovieff for lunches and listening.
And a belated public vote of appreciation to the dedicated people who give their time and energy to supporting crime fiction in different ways—an incomplete list includes Declan Burke, Sharon Canavar and the Harrogate Crime Festival team, Michael Carlson, Barry Forshaw, Maxim Jakubowski, the Jordans, Calum Macleod, Adrian Muller and the Crime Fest team, Mike Ripley, Chris Simmons, Mike Stotter, Richard Thomas, David Torrans, Len Wanner—anyone I’ve carelessly omitted can look forward to the next book.
Finally, as has been customary in the Wells series (not that anyone has commented), a Neil Young title for my beloved Roula and children to ponder: ‘Only Love Can Break Your Heart’…