by Will Harker
A huge thank you for the continuing encouragement and support of a brilliant bunch of fellow authors in ‘the Collective’ – you know who you are! I also owe my thanks to early readers of Jericho’s second case for their insights, advice, and keen editorial oversight: Hanna Elizabeth, Dawn Andrew, and Debbie Scarrow. The incredible cover art is the work of Meg Cowley.
Thanks again to my family – almost all showpeople themselves – for those long talks and reminiscences about fairground life and legends. Scott Jericho may be fictional but the world he inhabits is as real and vibrant as anyone could wish. I hope readers have been intrigued, not only by this story, but by a glimpse behind the curtain of this still largely hidden way of life.
If you have enjoyed SILENCING THE DEAD, I really would appreciate you taking a moment to leave a review. Just a few short words will do. It will help other readers like you find the book and encourages word-of-mouth support so that there can be more in the series!
GLOSSARY OF TRAVELLER SLANG:
Chap: a worker on the fairground who is not himself a showperson.
Ground: Abbreviation for ‘fairground’
Joskin: A non-traveller (see also gorger)
Chavvy: A Traveller child
Dinlo: An idiot; a moron
Posh: Earnings, wages, profit.
Muller: To die or murder.
Ruck: A fight
Gavvers: The police
Juk: A fairground dog; usually a watchdog.
Mush: A man
Rokker: To speak
Jel: To go/to leave
Chor: To steal
Dukker/dukkerin: Fortune telling
Scran: Food
Mooie: Face
Mulardi: Haunted/creepy
Juvenile: A child’s ride.