This book, the debut of the Soho Constable Imprint (mystery fiction), contains the openings of eleven novels, one by each of 11 authors -- the eleventh author, Suzette A. Hill. All are set in Britain; some are historical; some, contemporary.
David Dickinson was born in Dublin. With an honours degree in Classics from Cambridge, David Dickinson joined the BBC, where he became editor of Newsnight and Panorama, as well as series editor for Monarchy, a three-part programme on the British royal family.