A huge thank-you to: Emma Matthewson and Jenny Jacoby, Nick Stearn, Jeff Jamieson, Tina Mories and everyone at Piccadilly Press who has worked on Potkin and Stubbs with such passion behind the scenes.
Fellow writers Ruth Dugdall, Jane Bailey, Morag Liffen and Liz Ferretti for the workshopping, Nick Smith for the website and Graham Felce for the photography; Amanda and Neil Davidson for showing me the bright lights of the big city; Catherine Larner for all sorts of book-related advice and support, and David Schmid for an excellent online course on mystery writing and suspense.
Finally, to my family and my friends – sorry you didn’t see me very much, but thanks for the space and time, and for still being there when I resurfaced.