Many thanks to P.D. Singer, John A., John R., Lynda B., D.H. Starr, Feliz Faber, Z. Allora, Becky Condit, and Will Parkinson, for handholding and critique. Thanks also to David Sullivan for his police expertise. Big hugs and lots of love to Nurse Sarah, for her medical details.

I’d also like to thank the instructors at the Writer’s Police Academy for helping me “get it right”, especially when it comes to questions like “What does a dead body in a morgue look like?”