For Our Aunts and Uncles: Stephen and Janie Carter and in loving memory of Gretchen and Marshall Fisher

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Grateful thanks are due to the following, for their assistance in rendering this novel:
Sgt. Graham Brown, PC Alan Jeffries, and PC Ian Richardson, Lothian and Borders Police, Edinburgh, for background on Scottish Police procedures;
Dr. Richard Oram, for continuing to provide a wealth of scholarly information on matters of Scottish history and archaeology;
Mr. Kenneth Fraser, for his on-going help in the St. Andrews University Library;
Mrs. Edith Rendle, for her advice on Scots law and Scottish legal procedure;
Dr. Ernan J. Gallagher, for general medical advice, and Dr. A.V.M Davidson, for her advice on Scottish medical facilities and practice;
Scott MacMillan, for his expertise on weapons, police procedures, and interesting motor vehicles;
Peter Morwood, for military advice, especially on the SAS;
Bob Harris, for general aid, comfort, and research assistance;
And once again, to the St. Andrews branch of the Scottish Tourist Information Bureau, especially Rhona McKay, for their tireless efforts in running down local information not to be found in the guidebooks.