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Acknowledgements
This book in its current form would not have been possible without the access I was allowed to a murder trial at the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, during the summer of 2011. I am greatly indebted to Judge Stephen Kramer for giving me special permission to sit in the well of the court, to Lorna Heger of the Crown Prosecution Service for applying for that permission on my behalf and to Detective Sergeant Mark Whitham for introducing me to Lorna. I would also like to thank Detective Inspector Nick Mervin and all the officers on his Murder Investigation Team for the coffees and sandwiches and endless patience with my questions. Thanks are also due to Vincent Zdzitowiecki of Police Operations at the Palace of Westminster, to Dr Sarah Burge of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, to Dr Ruth Lovering of University College London, and to Glenn Harris of 33 Bedford Row Chambers. I hope all of the above will forgive the moments in this novel when I have bent factual details to my own purpose – or plain got things wrong. Thanks are also due, as ever, to my agent Antony Harwood and my editor Sarah Savitt.
I am, yet again, deeply indebted to the Arts Council England for their support of this book.
LD
About The Author
Louise Doughty is the author of six novels, most recently
Whatever You Love
, which was shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award and longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction. She has won awards for radio drama and short stories, along with publishing one work of non-fiction,
A Novel in a Year
, based on her hugely popular newspaper column. She is a critic and cultural commentator for UK and international newspapers and broadcasts regularly for the BBC. She lives in London.
By The Same Author
fiction
Whatever You Love
Stone Cradle
Fires in the Dark
Honey-Dew
Dance With Me
Crazy Paving
non-fiction
A Novel in a Year
First published in 2013
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