ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

My deepest thanks to my readers! It’s an honor that you spend your reading time with my words. And if you’ve left a review for any of my books, I can’t thank you enough. Seriously.

Thank you to Kelly. She shared her wealth of pharmaceutical knowledge with me, and any mistakes in the manuscript are my own.

Thank you to Susan and Jennifer for the early feedback, it is much appreciated.

As always, thank you to my Beta readers, your support means the world to me.

Barbara J. Bailey, thank you for your diligent work in editing my words. And thanks to your friend, Jose for the PI input.

Thank you to Furious Fotog. Your work is some of the best around!

Thanks to my family for supporting me and my writing during these trying times.

DEDICATION

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To Cookie

It’s as close to a detective novel as you’re going to get. (As far as you know.)

PLAYLIST

UNSTEADY by X Ambassadors

NO ONE by Alicia Keyes

YOU & ME by Dave Matthews Band

YOU GOT THE SILVER by The Rolling Stones

HURTS SO GOOD by John Mellencamp

SLEEPING AT NIGHT by Caught a Ghost

MICHAELANGELO ’70 by Astor Piazzollo

A THOUSAND YEARS by Sting

LORD PROTECT MY CHILD by Susan Tedeschi

OUR LOVE IS EASY by Melody Gardot