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Thank you to my agent, Evan Marshall, and my editor, John Scognamiglio. I’m constantly aware of how lucky I am to be working with such considerate yet shrewd members of the publishing world. Thanks to Diane Burke for her great copyedits and for the beautiful cover art of Lou Malcangi.

Many thanks for the help of my local Sisters in Crime siblings, especially fellow authors Sandra Stephens, Meryl Neiman, and Kristine Coblitz, for their perceptive edits and advice. Also, thanks to fellow members of Mysterywrights, including Mike Crawmer, Joyce Tremel, Jan Yanko, and Brian Mullen, for listening to the ideas and not being afraid to tell me when they didn’t work.

Thanks to Nancy Martin, whose boot camp for aspiring authors drop-kicked me toward publication and to J. A. Konrath, whose hands-on guerilla marketing workshops prepared me for any challenge.

Nat Drake, Margaret Hallisey, Avram Machtiger, and Lathrop Haynes were instrumental in the early plotting of this novel and the first one. Mary Alice Mertz answered many questions about teaching. David Axelson, M.D., and Joel Rosenbloom, D.O., offered valuable medical advice.

Thanks to the towns and people of Summit, Chatham, Madison, and Morristown, New Jersey. Their enduring charm and my own fond memories contributed to the fictional town of Gashford.

Thanks to my local offices away from home, Enrico’s Tazza d’Oro in Highland Park and Make Your Mark in Point Breeze. Great coffee, food, and conversation. And thanks to my office at the beach, Coffee Talk in Stone Harbor, New Jersey. I value that quiet corner booth.

Finally, thanks to my husband, Joe Mertz, for all his support, emotional, technical, and financial, and for our children, Joey and Maggie. None of it is possible without you.