The Cinderella Murder

Acknowledgments

It is so satisfying to tell another tale, to share another journey with characters we have created and come to care deeply about-or not. And this time to have done it step by step with the wonderful writer Alafair Burke.

Marysue Rucci, editor-in-chief at Simon & Schuster, has been a marvelous friend and mentor. Alafair and I have so enjoyed working with her on this book, which is the first of a series.

The home team starts with my right hand, Nadine Petry, my daughter Patty, and my son Dave. And of course, John Conheeney, spouse extraordinaire.

Abiding thanks to Jackie Seow, art director. Her covers make me look so good.

And many thanks to my faithful readers, whose encouragement and support have made me write yet another tale.

Dear Reader,

My publisher had an idea I loved: with a cowriter, we should use the main characters in I’ve Got You Under My Skin in a series of novels. Working with Alafair Burke, a suspense writer I have long admired, we created The Cinderella Murder. In this novel and others to follow, the premise is that witnesses, friends, and family members from unsolved cases will be brought together to appear on a TV show years later in the hope of finding clues that were missed in the earlier investigations. I hope you enjoy the story.

Mary Higgins Clark