Briguella

AcknowledgementsHeartfelt thanks to all those who helped make my dreams finally come true. I am enormously indebted to my exceptional publisher Miika Hanilla at Next Chapter for believing in me from the outset and bringing Briguella to life. Thank you for having faith. Greatest thanks to Steve Green, former Home Office Forensic Scientist & Head of the Investigative Crime Team at Chepstow Forensic Science Laboratory, for invaluable insight into forensics and exceptional guidance. You truly helped shape this book. Sincere thanks to Richard Sleeman, Scientific Director at Mass Spec Analytical Ltd and Forensic Advisor's Vicki Rowsell & Steve Robinson, for your evidence ideas and helping to bring authenticity to the book. Enormous thanks to John Pitchers for the interesting mortuary tour and your valuable assistance with autopsy procedures. To the wonderful registered paramedics, Sarah and Natalie, who ensured the accuracy of my medical text, huge thanks. I owe a great thanks to Chris Weigold, former head of Local Policing Directorate, Avon & Somerset Police, Police Sergeant Jenkinson and former Crime Scene Investigator Bindy Cardy, for your expertise. To Andrew Toogood, who allowed me to sit and imagine inside the 15th century tithe barn, thank you for providing the setting that gave such inspiration. The life of a writer is a solitary one, therefore I am hugely grateful to all my friends for their encouragement - Deena Shelton, Victoria Kirtley, eagle-eyed copy-editors, Darren Bane, Linda Tanner, and Andrew Ramsey. Thank you, first readers, - Ben & Sally Harris, and John Thompson for his contacts. To mum, dad, nan & gramps, and my in-laws, who have always supported my ambitions, I hope I've made you extremely proud. My deepest appreciation goes to my husband, Kevin, for being there for me, keeping me going and being my rock. I wouldn't be here without you. You made it possible for me to chase my dreams. I love you, always. To my wonderful, funny, children, who never complained while I 'finished another chapter'. I love you to the moon and back. Thank you, lovely reader, for buying my book and recommending it to others. Your support means the world to me. For Kevin, for believing in me and helping me to follow my dreams. For Matthew & Emily, who light up my life. In loving memory of my gramps, Colin Francis who would have been proud