


Family Liaison Officer DC Amanda Stroud, Family Liaison Officer DS Louise Pye, Senior Support Officer Tony Case of the HQ Criminal Investigation Department, and IT Support Officer Daniel Salter. Thanks also to Detective Superintendent Kevin Moore, Inspector Andy Parr, Chief Superintendent Peter Coll, Detective Sergeant Keith Hallet of the Sussex Police Holmes Unit, Brian Cook, Scientific Support Branch Manager, Detective Inspector William Warner, and Senior Scenes of Crime Investigator Stuart Leonard. And to Detective Sergeant Paul Hastings, Ray Packham of the High Tech Crime Unit, High Tech Crime Investigator John Shaw, and all the team at the High Tech Crime Unit who have been so very enthusiastically supportive and have helped to shape a key part of this story.

In particular to Chief Constable Ken Jones for his very kind sanction. I owe a massive debt to the recently retired Chief Superintendent Dave Gaylor of Sussex Police, who has given me so much help in the writing of this novel, quite apart from generously acting as role model for the character of Roy Grace, and never tiring of reading and re-reading the manuscript, and opening more doors for me in the police forces in the UK – and abroad – than I could have ever dared to hope for.Īnd a heartfelt thank you to very many other members of the Sussex Police who have been immensely tolerant of my intrusions and so welcoming and helpful. The second book in the Detective Superintendent Roy Grace series, 2006
