A Quiet Death

Acknowledgements

On June 22, 2009, Metro train no. 112 pulled out of Takoma Station, Washington, DC, heading for Fort Totten, Maryland. At 5:02 p.m., it plowed into the rear of another train standing in the Fort Totten station, killing nine people, making it the deadliest crash in DC Metro history. I’ve never been in a train wreck, thank goodness, but wish to acknowledge the eyewitness accounts told by survivors, rescue workers, and good Samaritans in the days following the disaster that helped inform Hannah’s story.

In addition, I want to thank:

My husband, Barry Talley, who puts up with my absences, both physical and mental, whenever I get lost in my writing.

My daughters, Laura Geyer for ‘John Chandler,’ and Sarah Glass for the broken arm, and for being a Mawrter, too.

Rick ‘Ike’ Iacangelo, DCFD Engine Co. 13, #2 Platoon, wagon driver, retired.

Capt. Donald Jensen, MC, USN, aka ‘Mr X-ray.’

My Sisters in Grime, including Carol Chase, Terri Ryburn, Toni Tucker, Laurel Anderson, Jo Mink, Joan Hubbs, Kathi Davis, Vicki Hill, Peg Shea, and Carolyn Paullin, who will know why.

My amazing editor, Amanda Stewart, my can-do publicist, Michelle Duff, Piers Tilbury and Claire Caswell, who design the most eye-catching book covers ever, Edwin Buckhalter, and everyone else at Severn House who makes it such an incredibly supportive place for a mystery writer to be.

And, once again, my fellow travelers at various stations on the road to publication, the Annapolis Writers Group: Ray Flynt, Lynda Hill, Mary Ellen Hughes, Debbi Mack, Sherriel Mattingley, and Bonnie Settle.

And to Kate Charles and Deborah Crombie – Plot fest forever!

For reasons of national security, the Library of Congress Office of Security and Emergency Preparedness has requested that I alter certain details concerning security screening pro-cedures at Library of Congress buildings within the District of Columbia. Not really, but if I got it wrong, that’s my story.