Acknowledgments
Many thanks to:
Kay Adams, Edith and John Rozendaal, Suzanne Beecher, Nancy Thomas, Jane Phelan, Kate Holmes, Greg Jorgensen, and Madeline Mora-Summonte for their support and friendship.
Roland Rio for keeping my computer running smoothly.
Tara Bolesta for taking care of boring stuff like filing so I could concentrate on writing.
Linda and Tom Witter for keeping my house clean when I was too distracted by plot and characters to notice dust.
Doris and Todd Finney for keeping my roots touched up so I didn’t get depressed.
Bill Sullivan, true Sarasota crime-scene cleaner, for letting me use his name.
Phyllis Ullrich of Southeastern Guide Dogs for information about service dogs.
Kathy Alexander of Therapy Dogs Sarasota for information and introduction to her therapy puppies.
D. P. Lyle, M.D., of the Writers Medical and Forensics Lab, for information about post-op stages following brain surgery.
Marcia Markland, Diana Szu, Hector DeJean, Jessica Rotondi, and the rest of the super team at St. Martin’s.
Annelise Robey and her cohorts at the Jane Rotrosen Agency.
And most of all, Don, Kit, John, David, Amy, Jesse, Kim, Travis, Sarah, and Sierra for being the greatest family in the universe.