I am grateful to the many people who provided support and assistance to me in this endeavour over the years. I’d particularly like to thank the members of the Ladies’ Killing Circle, my critiquing group, Madona Skaff, Jane Tun and Marguerite McDonald and Storyteller Magazine for their support of my work, as well as my publisher, Sylvia McConnell, and my editor, Allister Thompson, for their belief in me. A special thanks to Constable Mark Cartwright of the Ottawa Regional Police and Professor Claude Messier of the University of Ottawa for their advice and expertise.
To my family and my children, Leslie, Dana and Jeremy, thank you for your patience, your enthusiasm and most of all, your love.