Payback (48 page)

Thanks are due to a number of people for their specialist knowledge and assistance that I drew on during the writing of this book.

To Doctor John, who would rather remain anonymous, and his family, friends and acquaintances in America, the Middle East and Israel – who must remain completely unidentified because of
their current or past employment and also to avoid compromising their personal security – sincere thanks for their invaluable assistance with linguistic and other, darker, matters.

Thanks also to Peter N, who would prefer his last name to remain undisclosed for operational reasons, for his expert guidance on the operations, tactics and dialogue of the Metropolitan Police,
and especially of SO15, the Counter Terrorism Command.

To Eric Davies, former British Airways 747 Training Captain for his prodigious knowledge of long-haul commercial flying operations, and to Leslie McCormick – a lady I knew in a former life
– for her guidance on the intricacies of US flight-planning procedures and the operations of the Potomac Consolidated TRACON.

As ever, I must thank my agent Luigi Bonomi for his unflinching support, guidance and belief. To my new editor, Jeremy Trevathan, at Macmillan, my thanks for lunches and quick decisions, and to
Peter Lavery for his assistance.

As usual, any errors of fact in this novel are mine and mine alone.

James Barrington

Principality of Andorra, 2009

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