Happy Days
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‘Happy days,’ she said.
Acknowledgements
This is the twelfth and last book in the Faraday series and is, in so many ways, a personal farewell to Pompey. Over the last decade, I’ve name-checked the army of cops, pathologists, nurses, social workers, immigration officials, priests, naval officers, accountants, coroners, yachtspeople, train drivers, local government officers, journalists and politicians plus assorted adventurers, friends and family who have given me priceless help – and in this respect Happy Days owes yet another debt to these folk, too numerous to list here. You know who you are, and you have my deepest gratitude.
Hugh Davis has copy-edited most of the series and has disentangled my punctuation with forensic skill and enormous patience. Diana F ranklin has been through the proofs with a magnifying glass and nailed a thousand typos. My editor, Simon Spanton, has remained on board to the last and has played an absolutely key role since Joe Faraday made his debut in 2000.
My agent at Blake Friedmann, Oli Munson, has been a tower of strength, especially with respect to D/S Jimmy Suttle’s imminent transfer to the Devon and Cornwall force.
But my biggest thank you must go to Lin, my wife. She’s weathered the Faraday years with immense good humour, an acute feel for character, and a huge appetite for shedding light on some of life’s nastier secrets. She’s also been the best possible friend and travelling companion when the ever-widening plots took us into some of the darker corners of Europe and the Middle East. I treasure those journeys that Joe Faraday made possible.
Also by Graham Hurley:
Fiction
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
REAPER
THE DEVIL’S BREATH
THUNDER IN THE BLOOD
SABBATHMAN
THE PERFECT SOLDIER
HEAVEN’S LIGHT
NOCTURNE
PERMISSIBLE LIMITS
Detective Inspector Joe Faraday Investigations
TURNSTONE
THE TAKE
ANGELS PASSING
DEADLIGHT
CUT TO BLACK
BLOOD AND HONEY
ONE UNDER
THE PRICE OF DARKNESS
NO LOVELIER DEATH
BEYOND REACH
BORROWED LIGHT
Non-Fiction
AIRSHOW
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