Sins of the Assassin

Acknowledgments

I would like to thank my daughter, Dani, for coming up with the title for this book, after myself and a team of highly trained professionals tapped out.

Others to whom I am indebted include: Carolyn Reidy for being in my corner and having the good sense to tell me the fight wasn’t over yet; Colin Harrison, my editor, for his encouragement and keen instincts for what I was trying to accomplish; Karen Thompson, editorial assistant to Colin, for a very smart first read of the manuscript; Karen Richardson and Steve Boldt, for their alert and insightful copyediting; Susan Moldow, my publisher, for her courage and creativity; and Mary Evans, my agent, for her steadfastness, brains, and good cheer.

I would also like to credit Rhino Records’ set of Southern gospel CDs, and a stack of rare bluegrass and country 45s from my pal Carl Waluconis, which together formed the soundtrack by which Sins of the Assassin was written.

Thanks to Calvary Presbyterian Church, a Holy Ghost tabernacle full of sweat and miracles-forty years later and I can still feel the floor shake.