Some books are gifts. This one came at the perfect time. I’d like to thank all six of my main characters for behaving in such shocking and amusing ways without me having to fight them too much about it. (And you too, Oliver. I know you always feel left out.)
But even with their cooperation, I couldn’t have produced this book without my people. My awesome agent, Kate, who emailed exclamation points; my patient and enthusiastic editor, Russ, who said I could kill as many people as I wanted; the whole team at Abrams; the generous folks at Hasbro; my wonderful parents; my fantastic kiddos, who love playing Guess Who! Clue with me; and of course, my actual partners in crime: writer friends Marianne and Kyla and Leah and Jon and Mindy and especially Lenore, who came up with the name Perry Winkle and will not rest until everyone knows it.