ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ONCE AGAIN I AM indebted to the Berkeley Police Department, especially to Sergeants Kay Lantow and Mike Holland for their unfailing willingness to help. And to Officer Abbie Cohen for her generosity and literary sensitivity.

Thanks to Mary Alice Gorman of Mystery Lovers Bookshop for her thorough research and quick response.

And to the Blue Buddha Tattoo Studio for suggestions I would never have considered.

And for their continuing guidance and support, to Jackie Cantor and Dominick Abel.