Body Work

THANKS

Thanks to Dr. Bill Ernoehazy for his advice on forensic evidence, and on preparing autopsy reports. For reasons of the story, I didn’t follow his advice to the letter, so please don’t be dismayed if you think Captain Edwards should have acted differently.

On a happier note, thanks to Edwina Wolstencroft and the Early Music Show for advice on Jake Thibaut’s song. Ms. Wolstencroft directed me to the trobairitz, who I’d never heard of before. The translation of Maria de Ventadorn’s poem is taken from Meg Bogin, The Women Troubadours.

Thanks to Sue Riter for much more than I can say here. You made this book possible; you made it work.

Professor Israel bar-Joseph, an expert on nanoparticles at the Weizmann Institute, was kind enough to speak to me about gallium arsenide, among other matters.

Jolynn Parker provided crucial assistance in critiquing the book in manuscript form. Kathryn Lyndes’s support was invaluable in helping with the final rewrites.

The title of Chapter 55 is an old Russian proverb: “Up a hill you push a cart; down a hill it rolls. There is some justice in this world, just not enough.”