This fourth Portia Adams book has been a long time coming for many reasons, not the least of which was the loss of my fabulous first publishers, Fierce Ink Press, which had to close its doors in 2017.
It is only through the faith and support of people like Shelagh Rogers and Marc Côté that I was able to continue Portia’s journey on the page and I will be forever grateful for that.
Thank you to all the fans and readers who pursued me at book events, chased me on social media and basically willed this book into reality. I will never be able to thank you enough for your love and support. I only hope I can continue to be a part of your bookshelves virtual and physical alike.
The publishing team at Cormorant helped me grow Portia’s story from her YA origins to the adult force of nature she is now.
Special thanks to my husband, Jason, and my daughter, Kenzie, for their love and support.
There have been so many teachers and librarians who have supported my books since the first day of their publication, and I will never be able to repay them for that. This is especially true of Zelia Tavares and Kamla Rambaran who worked with me this year on a mystery-writing workshop that their grade six classes knocked out of the ballpark. That workshop could not have happened without the Royal Ontario Museum’s Kiron Muckherjee’s brilliant help.
To the indie bookstores like Book City on St. Clair W, Queen Books on Queen west, Another Story in Roncy and the Mysterious Bookshop in NYC, who continue to carry my books and speak of my characters to your readership, thank you!
The Bootmakers of Toronto, Sisters in Crime, FOLD, and the Crime Writers of Canada have become dear friends in addition to being ardent supporters and I am so pleased to have found them.
The Internets continue to be very kind to me in this process, so I am very thankful for my writers’ groups (especially #write-o-rama on Facebook) and for all the folks who follow and comment on my blog and who invited me onto their websites for the blog tour.
Finally, thank you, dear reader, for buying The Detective and the Spy! If you get a chance, let me know what you think, on my blog, www.angelamisri.com and please do post a review on Amazon, Goodreads or Chapters-Indigo.