Acknowledgments

A book is never the work of one person, and I have two people in particular to thank for helping me make the world of Gemma and Jayne and the gang the best I can achieve. Cheryl Freedman, my good friend, turns her professional editor’s eye on the manuscript and makes many helpful suggestions and offers encouragement. Sandy Harding works hard to fix my mistakes and oversights and provides even more encouragement. Thanks very much to them both.

Thanks also to Kim Lionetti, my agent at Bookends, and to the crew at Crooked Lane Books for their support of this series and all my writing efforts.

And to Sherlockians everywhere. Keep on believing.