The Wicker Tree (30 page)

The author is grateful for the assistance of the following persons, on both sides of the Atlantic, during the research and completion of this book: Neil Baxter, Darren Blanton, Yolanda Jones, Anne Hodgson, Suzanne Kennedy, Marvin Klein, Alistair McIntyre, Robert Marshall, Eileen, Countess of Mount Charles, Tim West, Geoffrey Woods, Rodney Woods.

R
obin Hardy, 2006

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