The Blue Hour

Acknowledgments

I would like to thank Robert Boettger, director of the Cypress College Mortuary Department, and Franklin Barr of Pacific View Memorial Park for their insights into the art of undertaking, sometimes known among its practitioners as the dismal trade. Thanks also to therapist Betsy Squires for her insights on the subject of chemical castration of sex offenders, and to Sherry Merryman for her helpful research into contemporary car theft and theft deterrents. Special thanks to Pam Berkson, R.N., of the UC Irvine Medical Center, for her help with chemotherapy. Finally, thanks to Larry Ragle, retired head of the Orange County crime lab, for his patient answers to my questions.

— TJP