My agent Elizabeth K. Kracht, Verena Rose, Grace Bradley, Pamela Beason, Kate Hirons, Kathy Bennett, Teel James Glenn, Jim Freund, Martin Page, Jonathan Goodwin, David Kaye, Andrew Solberg and members of the Stranger’s Room, Kenny Lane, Bernd Willend, Dorothy Dobbins, and Paul D. Marks, a great mentor and lover of classic films. I miss him so much. Also a special thanks to the Mystery Writers of America – New York Chapter for the Leo B. Burstein Scholarship I received to help finish this project.