by Kate Helm
Huge thanks to Hellie Ogden for seeing the potential in the very messy manuscript and helping me make it much more thrilling. Also thanks to Rebecca Carter and the rest of the Janklow and Nesbit team.
Sophie Orme was the very first editor to read the opening chapters, and it feels like synchronicity and serendipity that she’s gone on to publish the book with such passion, insight and all-round brilliance. Thanks to her and to all the other fantastic folk at Bonnier Zaffre including Katherine Armstrong, Francesca Russell, Kate Parkin, Jennie Rothwell, Sahina Bibi, Felice McKeown and Stephen Dumughn.
Finally, thank YOU for taking a chance on my thriller debut. It means a lot! If you’d like to get in touch, find out what I’m writing next and win signed copies of thrillers by my favourite authors, join my club at kate-helm.com or say hi on Twitter or Instagram where I am @katewritesbooks and post pictures of books and of the beach in Brighton that Georgia and I both love so much.
Kate x
About the Author
Kate Helm was born in Lancashire, and worked as a journalist covering courts and crime, before becoming a BBC reporter and producer in news and current affairs. She also wrote documentary and drama scripts, including the BBC1 programme: Angel of Death: The Story of Beverly Allitt. Kate Helm is a pseudonym for author Kate Harrison whose non-fiction and novels have been sold in 20 territories and sold over 800,000 copies. Kate lives in Brighton, this is her first book under the name Kate Helm and her debut adult crime novel.
http://kate-harrison.com/ @KateWritesBooks
First published in Great Britain in 2018 by Zaffre Publishing
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