To the international publishers who have delivered my work to a whole new audience – thank you. And to the reviewers who have stood behind me, the booksellers who have pressed my books into the hands of new readers and the bookstagrammers who have supported me online, thank you so much – I couldn’t do this without you.

Which brings me to my readers – thank you for all of it. For reading my books, for sending me messages about them and for the on-going love you show my super-flawed characters. Thank you for being on this journey with me.

To Judy Lam, who won the auction for a character name in this book due to her generous donation to Australian fire fighters through Authors For Fireys at the beginning of 2020; I hope you love the character of Judy as much as Harper does!

To my friends in finance, for your patience, humour and the guidance you showed me while I was trying to get my head around various financial systems; sorry for the multitude of questions! Thank you for all of your help and for making it fun.

To the narrators of all the true crime podcasts I have listened to over the years and to the film makers who have put together the many true crime documentaries I have binge watched – I may have lost vast amounts of sleep as a result of your work, but I could never have written this book without you. But especially to Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark of the My Favorite Murder podcast – as you can probably tell from this book, I’m a huge fan and so is Harper. We both credit you with the fact that we’re still alive and kicking.

To my friends and family, of course. Always. In every way.

And finally, to my characters. I learn a lot more from them than they do from me.

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About the author

About the author

Pip Drysdale is a writer, musician and actor who grew up in Africa and Australia. At 20 she moved to New York to study acting, worked in indie films and off-off Broadway theatre, started writing songs and made four records. After graduating with a BA in English, Pip moved to London and she played shows across Europe. In 2015 she started writing books. Her debut novel, The Sunday Girl, was a bestseller and has been published in the United States, Italy, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The Strangers We Know was also a bestseller and is being developed for television. The Paris Affair is her third book.

To find out more about Pip, head to:

pipdrysdale.com

Facebook.com/pipdrysdale

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