Written in the Blood (47 page)

Acknowledgements

It’s been a memorable journey these last four years, following the exploits of Hannah and Leah Wilde, but it hasn’t been one I’ve walked alone. Fitting, then, that I should mention some of the people who came along.

Thanks first to my fantastic editors, John Wordsworth, Josh Kendall and Claire Baldwin. Thanks also to the rest of the team at Headline and Mulholland, past and present: Anna Alexander, Jason Bartholomew, Marlena Bittner, Pamela Brown, Catherine Cullen, Nicole Dewey, Siobhan Hooper, Keith Hayes, Joanna Kaliszewska, Elizabeth Masters, Garrett McGrath, Wes Miller, Michael Noon, Caitlin Raynor and Lynsey Sutherland. Thanks too to my agent, Sam Copeland, and all the others who offered guidance along the way.

Éva Pallaghy did a fantastic job educating me in the Hungarian language – all mistakes are, of course, my own.
Köszönöm, tanárnő
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Special thanks to my family for tolerating me throughout: my endlessly patient wife, Julie, and our three boys. In order of age, Obi-Wan Kenobi Skywalker, Hulk Smash and Hulk Smash Baby. Their names, not mine.

Finally, to you, the reader, for getting this far: my heartfelt gratitude. Books without readers are like roads without travellers. Thanks for taking the trip.