There are so many people I have to thank for setting me on the right track or keeping me going with this book. No book is easy, but the important ones fight the hardest, and it was very important to me to get this one right. If I’ve succeeded, it’s because of amazing people like retired NYPD Investigator G. Anthony Luhs, who answered a bazillion questions for me (any mistakes are likely due to questions I failed to ask), and fellow authors Amber Hart, who made an especially sharp observation that changed the whole trajectory of the book, and Amy Christine Parker, long-time friend and critique partner, whose feedback has always been invaluable. I want to thank my cousins Heather Boswell and Angela Diver Clark, who read this when I had doubts and insisted on reading more so that I had to write it for them.
Huge thanks to my husband for taking on a crazy wife and somehow finding her wonderful. (Right back atcha, hon!) To my daughter and my dogs for inspiration and occasionally giving me the time and space to write. To my parents, who are, thankfully, not the inspiration for this book, but have always been amazingly supportive.
Also, big thanks to Kevan Lyon for all her work on this, and to Kevin Anderson, Rebecca Moesta, and Marie Whittaker for believing in the book and for everything they do.
It really takes a village, and I truly do love mine.