A special thank you to my patrons
Thank you to everyone who’s a member of my Patreon program. Active supporters get a number of benefits, including the chance of having a character named after them in my books. In this book, PC Vickie Hughes was named after a Patreon supporter.
With that, I’d like to give my biggest thanks to my small but growing group of readers who are currently signed up as Patreon supporters at the time of writing: Alexier Mayes, Andy Jeens, Angela Pepper, Ann Sidey, Anne Davies, Barbara Tallis, Carla Powell, Cheryl Hill, Claire Blincoe, Claire Evans, Daniel MacLagan, Dawn Godsall, Dawn Philip, Emiliana Anna Perrone, Estelle Golding, Francis W Markus, Gordon Aldred, Gordon Bonser, Helen Brown, Helen Weir, Jay Vernalls, Jean Wright, Jeanette Moss, Jenny Must, Josephine Graham, Julie Devonald Cornelius, Karina Gallagher, Kerry Hammond, Kerry Robb, Kirstin Anya Wallace, Leigh Hansen, Linda Anderson, Lisa Bayliss, Lisa Lewkowicz, Lisa-marie Thompson, Lynne Davis, Lynne Lester-George, Mandy Davies, Mary Fortey, Maureen Hutchings, Mrs J Budnik-Hillier, Nigel M Gibbs, Paul Wardle, Paula Holland, Peter Tottman, Rachel, Ruralbob, Sally Catling, Sally-Anne Coton, Sam, Samantha Harris, Sarah Hughes, Sharon Oakes, Sheanne Lovatt, Sim Croft, Sue, Susan Bingham, Susan Cox, Susan Fiddes, Sylvia Crampin, Tracey Clark, Tremayne Alflatt and Vickie Hughes. You’re all absolute superstars.
If you’re interested in becoming a patron, please head over to patreon.com/adamcroft. Your support is hugely appreciated.
Have you listened to the Rutland audiobooks?
The Rutland crime series is now available in audiobook format, narrated by Leicester-born Andy Nyman (Peaky Blinders, Unforgotten, Star Wars).
What Lies Beneath and On Borrowed Time are available from all good audiobook retailers and libraries now, published by W.F. Howes on their QUEST and Clipper imprints.
W.F. Howes are one of the world’s largest audiobook publishers and have been based in Leicestershire since their inception.
Adam Croft
With over two million books sold to date, Adam Croft is one of the most successful independently published authors in the world, having sold books in over 120 different countries.
In February 2017, Amazon’s overall Author Rankings briefly placed Adam as the most widely read author in the world at that moment in time, with J.K. Rowling in second place.
Adam is considered to be one of the world’s leading experts on independent publishing and has been featured on BBC television, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 5 Live, the BBC World Service, The Guardian, The Huffington Post, The Bookseller and a number of other news and media outlets.
In March 2018, Adam was conferred as an Honorary Doctor of Arts, the highest academic qualification in the UK, by the University of Bedfordshire in recognition of his services to literature.
Adam presents the regular crime fiction podcast Partners in Crime with fellow bestselling author and television actor Robert Daws.
