ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

First of all, thanks to historian Eugene Byrne for first bringing the curious discovery of Edward Colston’s body to my attention. It’s found in Latimer’s Annals of Bristol, if you fancy a read.

Thanks also to George Mann, for bouncing the plot around on a walk around sunny San Diego and back at home; to my editors Miranda Jewess and Gary Budden for poking holes in the self-same plot to make sure it worked; to Titan’s wonderful publicists Lydia Gittins and Philippa Ward for working so hard on this and The Patchwork Devil; and to my brilliant agent, Jane Willis for being, well, brilliant.

And, as always, thanks above all to Clare, Chloe and Connie for all their love and support in the writing of this book. You make it all possible.