“Hiya,” said Pete again.
“Hiya.” Callum looked nervously around the hall until he spotted Paddy in the kitchen.
She blinked slowly and her smile widened. “All right, son?”
Callum smiled back. He was.
Acknowledgments
Many thanks to everyone who has helped me finish this book: to Edith, Marie and Monica for all their help and support, to Odie and Ferg for style tips and keeping me up to date with regurg-chic, to the Consies for the usual and Louise, Amy and Sam. Most of all, thanks to Selina Walker, who’s a bit of a genius and whose talent and sense of the rhythm of a story always leave me slightly stunned.
Rachel, Henry and Reagan: thank you for my house.
Ellie, Janey, Liza R., Karen D., Jules, Alison K., Becci, Chris C., Benny and Lorraine: I know where you live and you’re for it.
And Stevo: I am being nice to your ornaments.
About The Author
Denise Mina is the author of The Dead Hour, Field of Blood, Deception, and the Garnethill trilogy, the first installment of which won the John Creasey Memorial Prize for best first crime novel. She has written a graphic novel, A Sickness in the Family, for DC Comics and a yearlong run of Hellblazer. She lives in Glasgow.
