ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

MY HEARTFELT THANKS to a team led by Publisher Liate Stehlik at HarperCollins/William Morrow that is second to none and like family. Thank you for your support, partnership and friendship. A huge thank-you to Tessa Woodward, a terrific, patient editor—of line and ideas. You went the extra mile on this one, and then some. And thanks to Jennifer Hart, Julia Meltzer, Andy Dodds, Alaina Waagner, Peter Hubbard, Nick Amphlett and Doug Jones.

Thanks to David Liss for, once again, sterling insights freely given. And to Susan Tunis, for crucial last-minute triage.

And to my parents for the kind of unconditional support I hope I am emulating with my children.

Thanks to Laurie Liss, a great friend and a great literary agent.

And, above all, thank you to my wife, Meredith, and our little angels, Milo and Mirabel. All my love.