ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I would like to thank the many people who helped research and authenticate much of the action in Royal Heist. Very special thanks go to John Gosden, Annette and Andy Dive, Emmanuel Coste, Peter Middleton, Clive Driver, Jessica Cobham, Ann Duggan, Dr. Ian Hill, Stephen Ross and Andrew Bennet-Smith, Matthew Tucker, and Steve Nicholls.
I would like to thank my steadfast team at La Plante Productions: my personal assistant, George Ryan, whose brains and beauty hold me together, and the boss of bosses, Liz Thorburn, who keeps us all in control with deft charm and wisdom. I also thank Lucy Hillard, who runs the research department at LPP and had the key job of coordinating the research contacts for me to meet. Thanks as well to the script editor Richard Dobbs.
As always, a thank-you to my wonderful literary agent, Gill Coleridge, and all at Rogers, Coleridge and White, and to my U.S. literary agent, Esther Newberg. And my thanks to Random House for their terrific support and constant encouragement, especially from Susanna Porter, her assistant, Evelyn O’Hara, and Benjamin Dreyer.
A special thanks to Alison Summers for anchoring my book as it crossed the Atlantic, and also to my film and television agent and good friend Peter Benedek at the United Talent Agency.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Lynda La Plante is best known for her television series Prime Suspect, and more recently for Bella Mafia, the miniseries based on her novel of the same name. Her scriptwriting has won an Emmy Award for the best drama serial, several BAFTA awards, and the Edgar Allan Poe Writers Award. She is the author of numerous successful thrillers, including Cold Shoulder, Cold Blood, Cold Heart, Entwined, and Bella Mafia.
