Compulsion

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Thanks are especially due my extraordinary editor, Charles Spicer, my gifted agent, Beth Vesel, and my publishers, Sally Richardson and Matthew Shear.

A number of people read drafts of this book and gave me valuable feedback. They are: Helena LeHane, Jeanette and Allan Ablow, Dr. Karen Ablow, Christopher Burch, Charles "Red" Donovan, Holly Fitzgerald, Marshall Persinger, Dr. Rock Positano, Dr. John Schwartz, and Emilie Stewart.

Nantucket 's own David Goodman of the Inquirer & Mirror and Nantucket Chief of Police Randy Norris made me feel at home on the island and shared with me a native's eye for detail.

Finally, I thank artist George Rodrigue for showing me the way.