ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I would first of all like to thank my editor, Michaela Hamilton, as this book wouldn’t exist without her. I first met Michaela in 2012 at the Cleveland Bouchercon, and that meeting led to a series of emails and phone calls during the fall of 2015, and it’s because of Michaela’s generosity of spirit and guidance that this new Morris Brick series was born.

Thanks also to John Lutz, Reed Farrel Coleman, Paul Levine, and Vincent Zandri for taking time out of their busy schedules to read Deranged and providing their generous blurbs.

In advance I’d like to thank the Kensington team who’ll be supporting this book and doing their magic to make it shine: Lauren Jernigan, Michelle Forde, Alexandra Nicolajsen, and Vida Engstrand.

A big thanks also to my college buddy Alan Luedeking who, as with all my books, muddled through my initial draft and helped smooth out the language.

As always, I’d like to thank Judy, my wife and best friend, for her encouragement and support, and for also helping to make my manuscript more readable.