This book is dedicated to all my murderinos.

You are my favorites.

SSDGM!

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A portion of the proceeds from this novel will go to endthebacklog.org.

You don’t have to buy this book to make a difference!

Go to endthebacklog.org to make a donation, see where your state stands on rape kit reform, and help eliminate the backlog of untested rape kits in the US.

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A HUGE, HUGE thank you to Diely Pichardo-Johansson MD for your endless encouragement, spiritual guidance, and the medical advice contained herein.

(Any errors are purely my own doing to make Brent’s condition and medical care fit my own fictional world and timeline.)