Thank you to Mary Chamberlain, my copy editor, for painstaking attention to detail, I challenge anyone to find one single date out of alignment in here.
Thank you to my flesh-and-blood friends on the Board.
Fourteen years and counting. I’d be lost without you. And thank you also to my virtual friends on Twitter and Facebook. You’re all so supportive and wonderful. I’d be lost without you too.
And lastly, as ever, thank you to my people; to Jascha, Amelie and Evie, to my sisters and my father and my in-laws, my nieces, my nephews and my incredible friends. How blessed I am.
The name ‘Stella Richards’ was given to me by Sarah Richards who won a character name in an auction raising money for Camille’s Appeal. Camille’s Appeal is a charity focused on supporting the recovery of children diagnosed with brain tumours. Working in partnership with other charities and the NHS, they are funding specialised rehabilitation units to allow children to access the support and therapy they need to help them reach their full potential. You can find out more about Camille’s Appeal here:
http://www.camillesappeal.co.uk/
. It’s a brilliant cause and I hope Sarah’s daughter, Stella, whose name I have used, enjoys her fictional turn as a Cotswolds coroner!
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