At Simon & Schuster in the UK I would like to acknowledge the brilliant Ian Chapman and my fantastic editor Suzanne Baboneau, both of whom have supported me throughout the writing of this series. In addition I would like to thank Jo Dickinson, Carla Josephson, Anne Perry, Maisie Lawrence, UK copy editor Sally Partington, Justine Gold and the marketing department, Emma Harrow, Jess Barratt, Harriett Collins, Gemma Conley-Smith and everyone in publicity, Gill Richardson, Claire Bennett, and Richard Hawton and the super-enthusiastic sales team.
In the US I would like to thank the wonderful staff at Atria, particularly Judith Curr, my editor Peter Borland, Sean Delone, and Daniella Wexler. Thanks too to production editor Isolde Sauer and to copy editor Nancy Inglis, Albert Tang for the cover design, and illustrator Mark Smith for his evocative cover image.
Thanks too to all the Agatha fans, scholars and academics who have embraced the series, particularly Dr. John Curran, Mike Linane, Dr. Jamie Bernthal, Scott Wallace Baker, Tina Hodgkinson, Emily and Audrey at The Year of Agatha blog, and many more.
Last, I would like to thank all my family and friends and—most important of all—to my partner in crime and everything else, Marcus Field.
About the Author
ANDREW WILSON is an acclaimed biographer of Alexander McQueen, Sylvia Plath, and Patricia Highsmith. He is also the author of the novels The Lying Tongue and A Talent for Murder, which also features Agatha Christie as its detective. His journalism has appeared in the Guardian, the Daily Telegraph, the Observer, the Sunday Times, the Daily Mail, and the Washington Post.
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