– Acknowledgements –

I should like to express my gratitude to all who have helped me during the writing of and research for this book. Karen Ford of Models 1; Francisca Blackburne and Lesley Morgan; the CID at Chelsea Police Station; Richie Horowitz who drove me round New York; Max Eilenberg and Piers Russell-Cobb, for their support at the time the first Stolen Beginnings was wiped – and never recovered – on the computer; and the man, who must remain anonymous, who gave me the character I love most in the book – and much more besides . . .

But most of all I should like to thank Sandra Brett for the ‘dry run’ which has now become an on-going series . . .