ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I’D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE the help of Pastor Bill Gallagher, Detective Stephen Jones (ret.), and Commander Lisa Lopez; the encouragement of Don Jacobson, my agent; and the overall support of Kitty Bucholtz, Marcy Weydemuller, Cathleen Armstrong, Kathleen Wright, Wendy Lawton, and Lauraine Snelling, my writing friends, for always being there to listen to the ideas as they bounce around —some good, some not so good —and to always tell the truth about what is what.

And thanks to Erin Smith, my awesome editor, and all the great people at Tyndale that I am blessed to be able to work with.