Acknowledgments

You wouldn’t be reading this book right now without the following people. My wonderful and inimitable agent, Ben Illis at The BIA, for his savvy eye, support, and continued guidance. The whole crew at Bloomsbury, who have worked diligently on the novel, especially my editor, Rebecca McNally, who took my hand and walked me through the murky waters of Mr. Dog; her suggestions throughout were brilliant. Helen Garnons-Williams and Madeleine Stevens, whose kind words, graft, and guile made Dylan and his cohorts shine even brighter.

I’d like to thank Sinéad Boyce for casting her beady eye over early drafts of the book; her work continues to be invaluable to me. And Yvonne Kinsella at Prizeman & Kinsella for recommending When Mr. Dog Bites as a possible title . . . I wish I could take the credit for this, but I can’t. So thanks for allowing me to use it.

I would like to thank my friends and family.

Finally, I’d like to thank my great friend Norrie Malloy, who I knew was deeply proud of his mate’s writing career, even though he took to calling me Jessica Fletcher from Murder, She Wrote. Just sorry you couldn’t have held a copy in your hands. This book is dedicated to you.