The Hallmarked Man

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Huge thanks, as always, to my peerless editor David Shelley. I could imagine nobody better to work on the Strike books with me.

Nithya Rae has once again done a fabulous copyediting job, for which I’m immensely grateful.

More gratitude than can be expressed on the page to Séan and Nadine Harris, who opened certain doors, gave me lunch at the Swan Taphouse and provided food, comfort and hospitality on a level most people have to visit five-star hotels to experience.

As always, endless thanks to my agent, Neil Blair, for his tireless work on my behalf; to the irreplaceable Nicky Stonehill, Rebecca Salt and Mark Hutchinson, who’re the people who keep me clinging to sanity, and to Di Brooks, Simon Brown, Danny Cameron, Angela Milne, Ross Milne, Fiona Shapcott and Kaisa Tiensuu, whose hard work and efficiency keep my real life running smoothly when I’m lost in fictional worlds.

Lastly, to Neil, Dec, David and Kenzie: without you, nothing would matter at all.

CREDITS

‘Silver Bells’ (here) from the Paramount Picture THE LEMON DROP KID. Words and Music by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans. Copyright © 1950 Sony Music Publishing (US) LLC. Copyright Renewed. All Rights Administered by Sony Music Publishing (US) LLC, 424 Church Street, Suite 1200, Nashville, TN 37219. International Copyright Secured All Rights Reserved. Reprinted by Permission of Hal Leonard Europe Ltd.

‘Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas’ (here) from MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS. Words and Music by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane. Copyright © 1944 EMI Feist Catalog Incorporated, USA. All Rights Administered by EMI United Partnership Limited. International Copyright Secured. All Rights Reserved. Reprinted by Permission of Hal Leonard Europe Ltd.

‘Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas’ (here) Words and Music by Ralph Blane & Hugh Martin © 1943, Reproduced by permission of EMI Feist Catalog Inc./Sony Music Publishing Ltd, London N1C 4DJ.

‘Not Tonight Santa’ (here) Words and Music by Brian Higgins, Shawn Mahan, Nicholas Coler, Lisa Cowling & Miranda Cooper. © 2005 published by Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited, administered by Peermusic (UK) Ltd.

‘Not Tonight Santa’ (here) Words and Music by Holly Bush, Beth Lehem, Henry Mistletoe, Festiv Gifts and S Claws. Xenomania Songs Ltd (NS), Warner Chappell Music Ltd (PRS) and Honky Tonk Limited (NS). All rights on behalf of Xenomania Songs Ltd administered by Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd. All rights on behalf of itself and Honky Tonk Limited administered by Warner Chappell Music Ltd.

‘Itchycoo Park’ (here) Words and Music by Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane. Copyright © 1988 EMI United Partnership Ltd. International Copyright Secured All Rights Reserved. Reprinted by Permission of Hal Leonard Europe Ltd.

‘Itchycoo Park’ (here) Words and Music by Ronnie Lane & Steve Marriott © 1967. Reproduced by permission of EMI United Partnership Ltd/Sony Music Publishing Ltd, N1C 4DJ.

‘Tous Les Garçons Et Les Filles’ (here) Words and Music by FranÇoise Hardy and Roger Samyn. Copyright © 1962 EDITIONS MUSICALES ALPHA. All rights administered by UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING LTD. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Reprinted by Permission of Hal Leonard Europe Ltd.

‘Shakin’ All Over’ (here) Words and Music by Johnny Kidd. © 1960. Reproduced by permission of EMI Mills Music Ltd/Sony Music Publishing Ltd, N1C 4DJ.

‘Romeo Is Bleeding’ (here) Words and Music by Tom Waits. Copyright © 1978 Jalma Music. All rights for the world excluding the United States administered by BMG Rights Management (US) LLC. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Reprinted by Permission of Hal Leonard Europe Ltd.

‘Romeo Is Bleeding’ (here) by Tom Waits. © 1978, Jalma Music (ASCAP). Used By Permission. All Rights Reserved.

‘Whistlin’ Past The Graveyard’ (here) Words and Music by Tom Waits. Copyright © 1978 Jalma Music. All rights for the world excluding the United States administered by BMG Rights Management (US) LLC. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Reprinted by Permission of Hal Leonard Europe Ltd.

‘Whistlin’ Past The Graveyard’ (here) by Tom Waits. © 1978, Jalma Music (ASCAP). Used By Permission. All Rights Reserved.

‘Nobody’ (here) Words and Music by Tom Waits. Copyright © 1974 Jalma Music. Copyright Renewed. All rights for the world excluding the United States administered by BMG Rights Management (US) LLC. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Reprinted by Permission of Hal Leonard Europe Ltd.

‘Nobody’ (here) by Tom Waits. © 1975, Jalma Music (ASCAP). Used By Permission. All Rights Reserved.

Extract from ‘Two Campers in Cloud Country’ (here) taken from Collected Poems of Sylvia Plath © Estate of Sylvia Plath and reprinted by permission of Faber and Faber Ltd.

‘Two Campers in Cloud Country’ (here) from The Collected Poems of Sylvia Plath, Edited by Ted Hughes. Copyright © 1960, 1965, 1971, 1981 by the Estate of Sylvia Plath. Used by permission of HarperCollins Publishers.

Extract from The Bell Jar (here) © Estate of Sylvia Plath and reprinted by permission of Faber and Faber Ltd.

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (here) Copyright © 1971 by Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. Used by permission of HarperCollins Publishers.

‘Soldier’s Thing’ (here) by Tom Waits, Kathleen Brennan. © 1983, Jalma Music (ASCAP). Used By Permission. All Rights Reserved.