I am also grateful to private eye Mike LaCorte of Conflict International, who gave me advice on tracing someone who’s quite determined to disappear. (I’ll be bearing this in mind, should I ever have the need …)

I hadn’t been in a primary school for a few years when I started writing this book and chatting with Peachey David helped me craft certain scenes. Thank you, too, to Anthony David for letting me visit St Paul’s Mill Hill School to shadow a teacher in Year Six. Michael Biggs was a lovely person to spend the day with and is clearly, rightly, adored by every one of his pupils (Mr David, I think he probably deserves a pay rise …)

I’d like to thank Emma Haughton for being such a huge support and reading this book when I wasn’t even exactly sure what it was going to be.

Inbali Iserles, Geri Ryan and Rosie Thornton were all immensely helpful with Cambridge knowledge I needed for this book and any faults there are definitely my own.

Thanks to the publishing professionals I rely on so much in this funny old job of mine. Mark Stanton, my agent (Stan, you are indeed The Man), my amazing editors Sarah Hodgson and Finn Cotton, publicist Emilie Chambeyron and eagle-eyed copy editor extraordinaire Rhian McKay. You are all bloody brilliant, basically.

Pete, Joe and Harry, you’re the absolute best. I’m so proud of each one of you and immensely grateful I get to hang out with you all.

Finally, to every reader who has got in touch to say they have enjoyed one of my books, you have no idea what this means. Please don’t ever stop!

Caroline Green, London, May 2019

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The nightmare is only just beginning …

When DC Rose Gifford is called to investigate the death of a young woman suffocated in her bed, she can’t shake the feeling that there’s more to the crime than meets the eye. It looks like a straightforward crime scene – but the police can’t find the killer. Enter DS Moony – an eccentric older detective who runs UCIT, a secret department of the Met set up to solve supernatural crimes. Moony wants Rose to help her out – but Rose doesn’t believe in any of that.

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