Special thanks to Karyn Marcus, John Schoenfelder, and Thomas Dunne Books for booking this novel’s second act. Thanks also to Allan Guthrie, Jenny Brown Associates, Sharon Blackie, David Knowles, Matt Kennedy, Chris DeFrancesco, Ron Slate, Wesley Brown, Verena Wieloch, John Netzer, B. C. Krishna, Danny Spirer, Susan Dinsbier, and my family and friends.