DEDICATION

This work, the second in the series, is dedicated to the health care professionals and drug interdiction units on the front lines of the war against drugs. In this I include everyone who works to reduce the suffering caused by the use of illicit drugs of whatever form. God bless you all.

In addition, I wish to thank:

• The Firewheel Fictionistas Writers’ Group for their invaluable support and assistance
• Members of the Scottish community here and across the world, my inspiration and foundation
• My content experts and beta readers, especially those who helped with the Spanish that appears in this volume
• My long-suffering editor and brainstorming partner, Mary Foster Hutchinson, without whom none of these books would have been possible