‘I swear,’ he said to himself, ‘as long as I live, I will never understand girls.’
Acknowledgments
With thanks to:
• Mum and Dad, with love and appreciation.
• As always, to Jane Pearson for her skill and endless patience.
• Stephanie Stepan, to whom all horse-related action contained within is dedicated.
• James Phelan for introducing me to the real puzzle house of New York. Seriously. Go to nytimes.com and search ‘Puzzle House’.
• My wife Kathryn, our son Sam and daughters Ruby and Ella, who remind me of what is important in life.
• Oh, and Pippin the cat.