To all the other wonderfully talented authors in the kennel – thank you for making me feel welcome and for your encouraging words.

To the book square – Danielle, Zoé and Sarah. You have given me so much encouragement and help. I owe Sarah a massive thank you in particular, as she very kindly read each chapter as I wrote it, and gave such lovely feedback. I can honestly say that, without her, I would never have finished the book.

Thank you to all the wonderful authors who agreed to read my book and provide a little quote for me. I approached people I truly respected and whose books I have enjoyed enormously, and was blown away by their kindness.

Thank you to all the incredible book bloggers who accepted me as a newbie reviewer in January 2019 and subsequently supported me as an author. I hope you know that I appreciate how hard you work for no reward, aside from inspiring others to read books you have written about so passionately.

Finally, thank you to my family.

To Sarah, my wife, who does not like crime books but who, for the past year, has let me run ideas past her and never (outwardly) questioned why a psychopath has suddenly appeared in the house.

To Emma and Sophie, my beautiful daughters, for being funny, caring and going to bed in a timely fashion which meant I could crack on with writing this! I hope if you ever read this book, that you enjoy it and that you are as proud of me as I am of you.

If you enjoyed the book, I would appreciate if you left a short review on Amazon, Goodreads and the like. If you didn’t like it, maybe keep it to yourself…

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Originally hailing from the north coast of Northern Ireland and now residing in South Manchester, Chris McDonald has always been a reader.

At primary school, The Hardy Boys inspired his love of adventure before his reading world was opened up by Chuck Palahniuk and the gritty world of crime.

A Wash of Black is his first attempt at writing a book. He came up with the initial idea whilst feeding his baby in the middle of the night, which may not be the best thing to admit, considering the content.

He is a fan of 5-a-side football, heavy metal and dogs.

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