Victim Six

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The author would like to thank David Chesanow, Jessica Wolfe, Tina Marie Brewer, Bunny Kuhlman, Jim Thomsen, and Charles Turner for their help in getting this book ready for readers.

To best-in-the-business editor Michaela Hamilton, literary agent Susan Raihofer, and film agent Joel Gotler: I greatly value all that each of you do on my behalf. Also, much appreciation to Kensington’s tireless Doug Mendini, who might have the most important job of all: seeing that my books get into the hands of booksellers across America and Canada.

I’d like to give a shout out to the reference librarians at the Peninsula Library in Gig Harbor for being so accommodating and giving me a home away from home-Joy, Adam, Beverly, and Lynn, you are the best.

While this is a work of fiction, I do want to acknowledge the time taken and the tours given by various Kitsap law enforcement offices. Thank you to Sheriff Steve Boyer, Detective Lt. Earl Smith, Corrections Sgt. Steve Lawson, and Deputy Scott Wilson of the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office. Thanks also to Kitsap County Coroner Greg Sandstrom for the tour of the old coroner’s office.

Last, but surely not least, I’d like to acknowledge my beautiful and smart daughters, Morgan and Marta, and the love of my life, Claudia.