Cut Dead (46 page)

Authors: Mark Sennen

BOOK: Cut Dead

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‘No. I don’t get it. Tell me what on earth’s going on.’

‘Owen is the lad’s first name,’ Riley said. ‘You might not know him directly but you sure as hell know his dad.’

‘Darius, please don’t mess me around.’ Savage shook her head, feeling angry with Riley for playing silly games, angry with herself for getting worked up too. ‘Just tell me who he bloody well is.’

‘Full name of Owen Fox,’ Riley said, placing a hand on Savage’s arm, ‘and his dad is Simon Fox, the Chief Constable.’

Acknowledgements

It doesn’t seem so long ago that I was writing the acknow-ledgements for the first DI Savage novel and now here we are at book three already. Thanks for getting this far must go to the following:

All at HarperCollins/Avon for continued faith in Charlotte. My editor, Lydia Vassar-Smith, offered oodles of helpful advice on Cut Dead (most of which I took). Keshini Naidoo provided flawless copy editing which went well past simply correcting my cringeworthy errors. The rest of the Avon team (the unsung heroes) did all the hard work which actually gets the book into your hands.

Thanks to Claire Roberts at Trident Media for excellent representation, advice and more.

A special shout-out to Neil Vogler and Bertel Martin for numerous pub conversations on all things literary, Plymouth, and beyond.

Thanks to my wife, Gitte, for ongoing life support and also to my daughters who now accept that their dad is an author - although they still don’t understand why they are not allowed to read the books.

Finally, as always, the biggest debt of gratitude goes to you, the reader.

I’d like to highlight two organisations which are mentioned in Cut Dead. They would appreciate your support:

Dartmoor Rescue Group

Storybook Dads

About the Author

Mark Sennen was born in Epsom, Surrey and later spent his teenage years on a smallholding in Shropshire. He attended the University of Birmingham and read Cultural Studies at CCCS. Mark has had a number of occupations, being variously a farmer, drummer and programmer. Now his hi-tech web developer’s suite, otherwise known as a shed in the garden, has been converted to a writer’s den and he writes almost full-time.

Please visit
www.marksennen.com
for information on the DI Charlotte Savage series.

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