I’d like to thank my reading committee: James Morrow, Karen Motylewski, Richard Barnes, Bonnie Sunstein, Steve Appelblatt, Amy Sims, and Susan Linn. The ladies who lunch—Bonnie Sunstein, Joan Dunfey, and Gail Leclerc—helped with their support and friendship. I’d also like to acknowledge Matthew Bruccoli and Richard Layman, editors of A Matter of Crime, for their enthusiastic response to “Lucky Penny”; my editor, Michael Denneny, for his valued insight; and especially my agent, Gina Maccoby, for taking such good care of Carlotta and me.