To “Jason”—who has brought honor to her profession, who has given many years of her life “To Protect and To Serve.” Her unstinting technical assistance was essential to the writing of this novel; her own high standard of excellence has added to it a deeper and truer dimension.
To Montserrat Fontes, Janet Gregory, Jeffrey N. McMahan, Karen Sandler, Naomi Sloan, Gerald Citrin—the Third Street Writers Group, whose talent and integrity continue to exact my best effort, whose generosity and caring nourish me.
To Detective Supervisor Mary F. Otterson, Madison, Wis., for her ongoing support and especially for that early and crucial validation of Kate Delafield, which enabled me to see Kate’s value and significance.