The Ghost and the Dead Deb

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Sincerest thanks to literary agent John Talbot

and Senior Editor Christine Zika for their valued support—

an intangible yet invaluable commodity

in making ghosts come to life . . .

and making this sort of living.

Thanks also to Kimberly Lionetti

for the all-important start.

And very special thanks to

Major John J. Leyden, Jr. (Ret.),

former field operations officer, Rhode Island State Police,

and Corporal Michelle Kershaw,

detective bureau, Rhode Island State Police,

for helpful answers to procedural questions.

AUTHOR’S NOTE

Although real places and institutions are mentioned

in this book, they are used in the service of fiction.

No character in this book is based on any person, living

or dead, and the world presented is completely

fictitious.