The author wishes to thank:
Detectives Daniel O’Connell and Bill Golodner of the Sixth Precinct, Greenwich Village;
Temple Grandin, whose remarkable book Thinking in Pictures added greatly to what I had learned doing pet-facilitated therapy with institutionalized autistic people;
Gail Hochman;
Michael Seidman, George Gibson, Chris Carey, Cassie Dendurent, and Krystyna Skalski at Walker & Company;
Julian Allen, who will be sorely missed;
Beth Adelman and Stephen Solomita, friends indeed; and Serge.
With special thanks to my darling husband, Stephen Lennard, hugs for Stephen and Victoria Joubert, an oh, no for Zack, and pats to Dexter and Flash, incomparable wags.