by Danuta Reah
Night came later here, but the land was already in shadow as she walked back along the path towards her car. She must have missed her way somehow, because she didn’t pass the stone building again, with the old woman and the dog. Her car was a silhouette on the road when she reached it. She put the empty urn on the seat and turned back for a last look at the sea. Then she drove south towards the light, leaving the shadow-lands behind her.
Acknowledgments
With many thanks to the people who helped me when I was writing this book. I would particularly like to thank Superintendent Steve Hicks for his advice about police procedure; Professor Malcolm Coulthard for his advice about forensic linguistics; Dr Peter French for his advice about forensic phonology; and to those people who gave me information about the lives of refugees and asylum seekers.
I would also like to thank the people who read this manuscript for me while I was working on it, particularly Sue and Penny, the e-mail writers’ group; Teresa for her advice, support and encouragement; Julia for her editorial advice, and Anne.
About the Author
Danuta Reah lives in Sheffield, England with her artist husband. She currently works as an education consultant and a university lecturer in English Language and Linguistics. She has taught writing for several years, and has published textbooks in linguistics as well as two crime novels, Only Darkness and Silent Playgrounds. Though she travels all round the country as part of her work, she sees herself as very much a South Yorkshire woman.
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