One Perfect Witness: a gripping psychological suspense

by Pat Young

  THE END

  Author’s note and Acknowledgements

  One character in this book is based on a real person, although I never met him. In the summer of 2010, a young man left a book on a French campsite, which I found. There was a letter inside and an envelope of money. I was intrigued! Had I not found that book, I would not have written this story or any other. Whoever you are and wherever you are, ‘Sebastien’, I hope you’re safe and happy.

  I know nothing of guns or the laws that govern their ownership. Thank you, David Hastings, for sharing your expertise. Any gun-related mistakes that may remain are mine.

  Thanks are due to Stef Young for advice on matters medical and post-mortem and to the mortuary staff at QEUH, Glasgow.

  My gratitude, as usual, to all at Bloodhound Books and to bloggers, librarians and bookshop staff for your support. Gentlemen of the press have also been kind to me.

  I am very grateful to all my readers, but particularly thankful to those who read my early drafts and give me honest feedback. Margo McAllister, Lynda Pryde, Stef Young and Winnie Goodwin have all been with me from the start of this story, way back when it was set on a French campsite and called One Silent Voice. Thanks, Winnie, for your insightful comments on this, the re-written version.

  And then, of course, there’s Grant … where words fail me.