Murder Offstage (24 page)

Acknowledgements

I would like to thank Wendy Janes for her invaluable
comments on the manuscript in draft, especially concerning the geography of
1920s London.  Any mistakes remaining are, needless to say, my own.

Thank you to Red Gate Arts for producing such a beautiful
and original art-deco cover design, and to Jane Dixon-Smith for her wonderful
formatting and layout design.

My biggest thanks are reserved for Marco, for helping Posie
Parker’s adventures to get onto the page and become more than simply a figment
of my imagination. 

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A
bout the Author

Cambridge-educated, British-born L.B. Hathaway writes
historical fiction and contributes to a number of popular history magazines and
websites. She worked as a lawyer at Lincoln’s Inn in London for almost a decade
before becoming a full-time writer. She is a lifelong fan of detective novels
set in the Golden Age of Crime, and is an ardent Agatha Christie devotee.

Her other interests, in no particular order, are: very fast
downhill skiing, theatre-going, drinking strong tea, Tudor history, exploring
castles and generally trying to cram as much into life as possible. She lives
in London and Switzerland with her husband and young family.

The Posie Parker series of cosy crime novels span the 1920s.
They each combine a core central mystery, an exploration of the reckless
glamour of the age and a feisty protagonist who you would love to have as your
best friend.

To find out more
and for news of new releases and giveaways, go to:

http://www.lbhathaway.com

Connect with L.B.
Hathaway online:

(e)
[email protected]

(t) @LbHathaway

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https://www.facebook.com/pages/L-B-Hathaway-books/1423516601228019

(Goodreads)
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8339051.L_B_Hathaway

Further Reading

If you are looking for some further historical reading
on London during this time, see the following (all great reads and all easily
available on Amazon and at good bookshops):

Singled Out: How Two Million British Women Survived
Without Men After the First World War
,
Virginia Nicholson
(Oxford
University Press, USA, 2008)

Bright Young People: The Rise and Fall of a
Generation 1918
–
1940
, D J Taylor (Vintage, 2008)

Vile Bodies
, Evelyn Waugh (Penguin Classics,
New Edition, 2000)

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