Snakehead

Acknowledgments

As always, there are many people whose help has been invaluable in researching Snakehead. In particular, I’d like to express my deep gratitude to Dr Richard H. Ward, Professor of Criminology and Dean of the Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences at the University of Newhaven, Connecticut; Steven C. Campman, MD, Medical Examiner, San Diego, California; Professor Joe Cummins, Emeritus of Genetics, University of Western Ontario; Kong Xianming, Police Liaison Officer, Embassy of China, Washington DC; Caree Vander Linden, US Army Medical Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Maryland; Sheriff Victor K. Graham, and Chief Deputy Jean Sanders, Walker County Sheriff’s Department, Huntsville, Texas; Chief Frank Eckhardt, Chief of Police, Huntsville, Texas; Agent Mike McMahon, Immigration and Naturalisation Service (INS), Houston, Texas; Dr Richard Watkins, Governor, Holliday Unit, Huntsville Prison, Texas; Major Katheryn Bell, Texas Department of Criminal Justice; Dan Richard Beto, Director of the Correctional Management Institute of Texas; Jerrold Curry, Houston Food Bank; Desta Kimmel, Media Services Coordinator, Houston Astros; J. D. Perkins for his extraordinary knowledge of submarines; Bonni Hrycyk for her advice on ice and letting me borrow her name; Dick and Barbara Muller for their hospitality, and willingness to educate me on the history, geography and political vagaries of Washington DC; Sean Hill for being my sherpa in Houston, and Michelle Ward for her kind hospitality and great sense of humour.