A Mersey Maiden

AcknowledgementsA Mersey Maiden owes its existence primarily to the people of the city of Liverpool. Without them, and their influence on my younger life and without the family members, many of whom I have respectfully used as templates for many of the characters in my Mersey Mysteries I could never have begun the series. My thanks also go to my Beta reader, the indefatigable Debbie Poole in Liverpool, who painstakingly read every page of the book, correcting, suggesting and most of all; I'm pleased to say, enjoying this latest addition to the series. I send her my heartfelt gratitude. I have to say thank you to Miika Hannila at Next Chapter Publishing for his encouragement and continued belief in the Mersey Mysteries and for helping in selecting the great cover designs for the books My wife, Juliet is always there for me with words of support and earns my undying thanks for her faith in me and my writing. I have to say a very BIG thank you to my friend and fellow author Mary Deal from the sunny Hawaiian Islands for giving me permission to use her name for the trawler of that name featured in the book. Finally, my thanks go to all my readers who continue to support my work by purchasing and reading my books. You are the most important people in the worldwide chain that links authors and readers and make the publishing world go round.