The Locked Room is dedicated to the friends who helped me through lockdown, first with Zoom chats then with garden croquet, distanced walks and chips under the arches. This one is for you: Frauke Dingelstad, Julie Williams, Lesley Thomson, Melanie Lockett, Nancy Weibel, Robert and Stephany Griffith-Jones, Veronique Walker and William Shaw. Also remembering Sam Brittain and the Zoe Way.
Love and thanks always to my husband, Andrew, and our children, Alex and Juliet. And to Gus, of course.