The author would like to thank Butch and Dana Preston of Montana, two wonderful long-haul truck drivers, for offering technical assistance and answering all my questions during that cold January ride on I-90 from Billings to Chicago.
I’m also grateful to my first readers: Laurie Box, Molly Donnell, Becky Reif, and Roxanne Box. Special thanks to Ann Rittenberg — who was right as always.
Thanks also to Don Hajicek, Jennifer Fonnesbeck, and the terrific St. Martin’s Minotaur team: Sally Richardson, Andy Martin, Hector DeJean, Matt Baldacci, Matthew Shear, and my peerless editor Jennifer Enderlin.