Acknowledgements

My thanks to:

My cousin, Gladys, for her support and friendship.

Members of the South Chiltern Writing Circle, Reading Writers and The Dunford Novelists for their friendship, helpful criticism, and craic.

To my editor, Jay Dixon, for her continuing scrupulous work in smoothing the edges of this novel, also her support and dry humour. Still a pleasure to work with!

To Accent Press for publishing this novel and to all the staff for their encouragement and professional help, especially Hazel and Katrin.

To Michael O’Bryne, a retired chief constable, author of The Crime Writers’ Guide, for his helpful advice, especially on fingerprinting in the 1970s.

To Mr Fryer, fisherman of Aldeburgh, for allowing me to use his name for a fictional fisherman in this novel. A name so appropriate for a man who catches and sells fish, I couldn’t resist it!

To Mr T, who gave me space to think and write, and provided me with various tinctures, as needed. I miss him.