Infinite thanks are due to my incredible agent, Eugenie Furniss, who signed me long before there was any sign of a new manuscript, and yet was unfailingly generous, enthusiastic and supportive. Massive thanks also due to the rest of the 42 Books Department – Marilia Savvides, for sterling work at the point when it got exciting, and the amazing Emily MacDonald who keeps everyone in order. To the 42 Production Department, for being so supportive of my side hustle. And to the endlessly patient and loyal Lucinda Prain at Casarotto, my TV agent, who is luckily also very good fun.

Huge thanks to the whole team at Simon & Schuster. I couldn’t ask for a smarter, more engaged editor than Bethan Jones. Thanks, too, to Victoria Godden for a thoughtful copy-edit.

Thanks to Caroline Haughey, QC, for her amazing knack for making a crime plot stack up in a (hopefully) entertaining way.

Thanks to my incredible early readers for putting up with the spelling mistakes and the excessive exclamation marks. Ray, Rhonda, Miriam, Carol B and Matthew – I so appreciated your compliments and deftly delivered criticisms in the depths of lockdown.

Talking of which – thank you to Miriam and Kingsley for turning the N5 office into an octopus appreciation society. To Anne, for going with the whole concept of white wine in keep cups. To Sophia, for all-round sanity and a lot of soft rock. To Kay, for deeming me worthy of a Jump bike ride up a steep hill. To Stef, for making the LA/London time difference work so many different ways.

And to all the not Ambers who have helped me along the way – Cabby, Bee, Foxy, Gill, Kitty, Ross. Your wisdom and kindness is never something I take for granted.

About the Author

Kate Ruby is a pseudonym for an award-winning TV drama producer and screenwriter. With several previously published novels and original TV projects developed at the BBC and Sky, she balances her writing career alongside her role as an executive producer.

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