Follow the Leader (31 page)

Acknowledgements

Thanks to my amazing fella, Chris, who looks out for me so that I can do the writing. I wish I could take credit for all the twists in my books but he’s actually more devious than I am when it comes down to it – in the nicest possible way. We’re a great team – a perfect combination.

Thanks to the professionals – Emilie, Sana and Neil from
Amazon
Publishing in the UK, who are a joy to work with. Thanks to
Victoria
and Jennifer for adding the ‘glitter’ to my words. Also huge thanks to my agent, Maddy Milburn, who is always there for me – and Cara too, in the background! You ladies rock!

Thanks to Alison Niebieszczanski and Talli Roland, who give me far more friendship, support and encouragement than I deserve. Thanks to my early readers and friends Rebecca Bradley,
Sharon
Sant and Sharon and Chris Tatton – I love that you share the
journey
with me. Thanks to authors Elizabeth Haynes and Lisa Cutts, and also Juliet Prince from Staffordshire Police for help with research. Any errors are are mine alone!

Finally, thanks to all my readers who keep in touch with me via Twitter and Facebook. Your kind words always make me smile – and get out my laptop. Long may it continue.

About the Author

Photo © 2013 Martin Brough

Mel Sherratt has been a self-described “meddler of words” ever since she can remember. After winning her first writing competition at the age of eleven, she has rarely been without a pen in her hand or her nose in a book. Since
successfully
publishing
Taunting the Dead
and seeing it soar to the rank of #1 bestselling police procedural in the Amazon Kindle store in 2012, Mel has gone on to write three more books in the critically acclaimed The Estate Series.

Mel has written feature articles for
The Guardian
, the Writers and Artists website, and
Writers’ Forum
magazine, to name just a few, and regularly speaks at conferences, events, and talks.

She lives in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, with her husband and her terrier, Dexter (named after the TV serial killer, with some help from her Twitter fans), and makes liberal use of her hometown as a backdrop for her writing.

Her website is
www.melsherratt.co.uk
and you can find her on Twitter at
@writermels
.