Her Silent Cry

Acknowledgements

As always, first and foremost, I must thank my wonderful readers and loyal fans! Your enthusiasm for this series is such an amazing gift that I cherish each day. I never get tired of hearing from you lovely readers, and genuinely appreciate each and every message! Thank you so much to my husband, Fred, for your unwavering support, your humor and for always pushing me. You bring out the very best in me and I couldn’t do this without you! Thank you to my daughter, Morgan, for giving up your mom for so many hours while I write. Thank you to my first readers: Dana Mason, Katie Mettner, and Nancy S. Thompson. Thank you to my Entrada readers. Thank you to my parents—William Regan, Donna House, Rusty House, Joyce Regan, and Julie House—for your constant support and for never getting tired of hearing good news. Thank you to the following “usual suspects”, people in my life who support and encourage me, spread the word about my books, and generally keep me going: Maureen Downey, Carrie Butler, Ava McKittrick, Melissia McKittrick, Andrew Brock, Christine and Kevin Brock, Laura Aiello, Helen Conlen, Jean & Dennis Regan, Debbie Tralies, Sean & Cassie House, Marilyn House, Tracy Dauphin, Dee Kay, Michael Infinito Jr., Jeff O’Handley, Susan Sole, the Funk family, the Tralies family, the Conlen family, the Regan family, the House family, the McDowells, and the Kays. Thank you to the lovely people at Table 25 for your wisdom, support, and good humor. I’d also like to thank all the lovely bloggers and reviewers who read the first five Josie Quinn books for continuing to read the series and to enthusiastically recommend it to your readers!

Thank you so very much to Sgt. Jason Jay for answering all my law-enforcement questions at every hour of the day and night and never getting impatient with me. I am so incredibly grateful to you!

Thank you to Oliver Rhodes, Noelle Holten, Kim Nash and the entire team at Bookouture for making this fantastic journey both possible and the most fun I’ve ever had in my life. Last but certainly not least, thank you to the incredible Jessie Botterill for somehow getting the very best out of me each and every time. You never cease to amaze me, and I could not and would not want to do this without you.