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SNOWING IN BALI

Hopping over to the other side of the law: thanks to Operation Playboy boss Chief Fernando Caieron, who is passionate about his job and the arrests that were made during his Playboy Operation. Chief Caieron sent me endless emails answering hundreds of questions, as I tried to connect the dots — in one of them he even joked about the many emails. 'Hope you're doing pretty good!!!! By the way, do you know how many emails we've changed? (lol) Fernando Caieron.' His emails were often colourful, and showed his sense of humour.

Thanks also to Detective Chief Inspector Bill Whitehead, of Cumbria police in the UK, who also spent a lot of effort emailing answers to my queries about the Kate Osborne case.

Thank you to Indonesian translator Desi Mandarini, Portuguese translator Daniela Ortega, and Swedish researcher Axel Johansson.

And a huge thank you to those friends and family who read random chapters during the writing of Snowing in Bali, especially Caroline Frith, Sue Rose and James Foster, who among others gave me their blunt critiques — I'm always guided by your opinions. And thanks also to James for using his hawk-eye to help me in the editing process.

Thank you to staff at Pan Macmillan; to freelance editor Mark Evans for doing the first edit, Editorial Assistant Alex Lloyd for his help with the picture section, and huge thanks to Managing Editor Emma Rafferty, who also edited Hotel Kerobokan, and who is undoubtedly one of the best in the business — and lovely to work with.

And finally, thank you very much to non-fiction publisher Tom Gilliatt. I wrote this at the end of Hotel Kerobokan, and it's true again — Snowing in Bali is unlikely to have been written without Tom's belief and enthusiasm, and the total free rein he gives me to go out and produce a book.

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