acknowledgments

I had a lot of people help me in a lot of different ways with Cemetery Lake. I want to start out by thanking Harriet Allan from Random House. Harriet is an awesome person who has

shown a lot of faith in my story-telling abilities, and without her support and feedback, and the rest of the team at Random, this book — along with the previous two — wouldn’t exist.

Thanks also to my friend David Batterbury who has helped

more than he knows with not only the book, but in pretty much

every other area of my life. And to Daniel Myers, my friend and agent and fellow author who provides the magic feedback I need to make me a better writer.

I want to thank my friends who made sure I got to the end

of 2007 with some sanity: Paul Waterhouse and his wife Tina,

who offered feedback on the book and are always there for me;

Daniel and Cheri Williams; Nathan and Samantha Cook; Kim

McCarthy; and Phil ‘Dr Phil’ Hughes, who I can count on for

anything at any time.

Amanda Harris offered ideas that were truly helpful as Cemetery Lake took shape. Shawn Ingham reminded me of something important about the basics that helped a lot with the final draft. Ray-Charles Smading, a man for whom there is no

subject that can’t be touched for a joke. Jane Parkin, my editor, has made editing easy for me by being professional and creating a great working relationship. And Sonja ‘Scarecrow’ Sowinski,

who found the final few mistakes and is actively trying to get every person in Germany to buy my books.

I also want to thank all the people who have written to me

over the last year. All your emails have helped perhaps more than anything else: they let me know there is a point to doing what I do — which is purely to entertain.

And thanks of course Jo ‘Oddgf Richards, who is a sounding

board for my story ideas and a fantastic friend to have — even if she does sometimes ring me at 8 a.m. on a Sunday morning to

wake me up.

Paul Cleave

January 2008