I must begin by thanking my family, Ken, Sasha and Nikki Toten, who should by now be demanding payment for services rendered as critical first readers. Then there’s my delightful fellow partners in crime—Kelley Armstrong, Kathy Kacer, Marthe Jocelyn, Vicki Grant, Norah McClintock and, of course, Eric Walters—extraordinary colleagues and writers all. As always, The Goup—Nancy Hartry, Loris Lesynski, Susan Adach and especially Ann Goldring—did a lot of heavy lifting. Immense gratitude to Sarah Harvey, Andrew Wooldridge and the team at Orca for their ingenuity, patience and, dare I say, fortitude. And, finally, to the city as it was, Toronto 1964. Toronto’s history, tragedy and exuberance shaped Toni’s story as well as my own.