I very much want to thank the following experts in their fields for assistance on detail and veracity:
Dr. Linda Barde, Director of Special Education Services and Sign Language Instructor, Chabot College, Hayward, California
Joyanne Burdett, Librarian, California School for the Deaf, Fremont, California
Colma Cemeteries, Colma, California
Linda Davis, Features Editor, Valley Times, Pleasanton, California
DCARA - Deaf Counseling and Referral Agency, San Leandro, California
Melanie Ellington, Counseling and Correctional Services, Jamestown, California
David Goll, City Editor, Valley Times, Pleasanton, California
Robert Goll, Managing Editor, Daily Ledger, Antioch, California
Kay Grant, Near Escapes, San Francisco, California
Mario Marcoli, Gold Prospector, Jamestown, California
Donna Melander, Certified Interpreter for the Deaf, Fremont, California
Sgt. Keith W. Melton, retired, California Highway Patrol
Beverly Jackson, Sign Language Instructor, Mt. Diablo Adult School, Concord, California
Mother Lode Coffee Shop, Jamestown, California
Dr. Boyd Stevens, Chief Medical Examiner, San Francisco Coroner’s office, San Francisco, California
Jacquelyn Taylor, President, San Francisco College of Mortuary Science, San Francisco, California
Many thanks to the Northern California Chapter of Mystery Writers of America, to Sisters in Crime, and to my mystery critique group: Jonnie Jacobs, Margaret Lucke, Lynn McDonald, and Sally Richards. Additional thanks to Charlie Ahern, Janet Dawson, Lucy Galen, J.D. Knight, Stacey Norris, Edward and Constance Pike, Geoffrey Pike, and Shelley Singer.
And very special thanks to Amy Kossow, Linda Allen, Casey Blaine, Cassie Goddard, and Kate Miciak.