Midnight at Malabar House (Inspector Wadia series)

by Khan, Vaseem

Acknowledgements

  Beginning a new series is always daunting. To breathe life into new characters, invent new plots, and then hope that others will fall in love with your creations all over again. I am grateful to all those who have helped evolve Persis Wadia from an idea glimmering at the back of my mind to a living breathing reality.

  So thank you to my agent Euan Thorneycroft at A.M. Heath, my editor Jo Dickinson and my publicity team of Steven Cooper and Maddy Marshall. A thank you too to Ruth Tross and Kerry Hood who were there at the beginning.

  I would also like to thank the rest of the team at Hodder, Rachel Southey in production and Dom Gribben in audiobooks. Similar thanks go to Euan’s assistant Jessica Sinyor. And thank you too to Jack Smyth for a terrific cover.

  Finally, a heartfelt thank you to the Red Hot Chilli Writers, Abir Mukherjee, Ayisha Malik, Amit Dhand, Imran Mahmood and Alex Caan, not just for your sterling work on the Red Hot Chilli Writers podcast (tune in if you haven’t yet heard us!) but for being the therapy group that every writer needs.

  This book marks the start of what I hope will be an exhilarating new journey.

  I’m ready. Are you?

  And the fun never stops . . . Listen to bestselling crime

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