In May 2006, Coren was bitten by an insect that gave him septicaemia which led to his developing necrotising fasciitis.
The book is moved from 1926 to 1928, which results in an anachronism – Lord Peter meets briefly with the US Ambassador in Buckingham Palace and talks with the King, but at that point the King was actually desperately ill and recuperating from a bout of septicaemia.
Her death was attributed to septicaemia, but she actually died in chilbirth, unmarried.
On 10 December 2005, drummer Ergi fell ill and was rushed to hospital where he was diagnosed as having septicaemia.