Grateful thanks go out to my husband, not just for offering suggestions and helpful thoughts on my writing but in all things; to my agent Joshua Bilmes who keeps Crispin clothed and fed; to Mark Davidson, David Seipp, and Paul Hyams, medievalists all, who offered advice and further reading suggestions on all the complicated medieval English law; to Facebook friend Pat Smith for suggesting the cat; and finally to my readers who keep sharing their love of this strange and distant medieval man who solves crimes. Thank you!