The Cypress House

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I’ve utilized-and misappropriated-some history in The Cypress House, and I would be remiss not to point readers to two excellent accounts of the 1935 Labor Day hurricane that took such a tragic toll on the Florida Keys: Willie Drye’s Storm of the Century and Les Standiford’s Last Train to Paradise.

Stefanie Pintoff took time away from her own fine writing to explain the science behind the decomposition of a body in a swamp and the means of identifying such a body in 1935, and no sooner did she invest her energies than I decided to cut most of that thread from the book. To Stefanie, my thanks for your time and apologies for wasting it!

The Little, Brown team-Michael Pietsch, David Young, Heather Rizzo, Heather Fain, Geoff Shandler, Terry Adams, Tracy Williams, Nancy Wiese, Eve Rabinovits, Vanessa Kehren, Miriam Parker, Laura Keefe, Karen Landry, and many others-make it happen. Echo that for David Hale Smith and Shauyi Tai of DHS Literary.

Sabrina Callahan, also of Little, Brown, deserves special recognition for bearing the brunt of my undoubtedly annoying day-to-day existence, and for promoting my books with a passion and enthusiasm that is truly humbling.

Tom Bernardo offered insight and support and listened patiently through a lot of late nights, and even though he never lets me win at darts, his friendship is much appreciated.

The rest of the usual suspects-Christine, Ben, Ryan, Michael, Dennis, my family, and the many others who continue to provide support, answers, and patience-should hopefully know my eternal gratitude by now.