Day of Confession (53 page)
Authors: Allan Folsom
Tags: #Espionage, #Vatican City - Fiction, #Political fiction, #Brothers, #Adventure stories, #Italy, #Catholics, #Suspense, #Fiction, #Americans - Italy - Fiction, #Brothers - Fiction, #Legal, #Americans, #Cardinals - Fiction, #Thrillers, #Clergy, #Cardinals, #Vatican City
FOR TECHNICAL INFORMATION AND ADVICE I am especially grateful to Alessandro Pansa, head of the Central Operative Service of the Italian National Police; Father Gregory Coiro, media relations director for the Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles; Leon I. Bender, M.D.; Gerald Svedlow, M.D.; Niles Bond; Marion Rosenberg; Imara; Gene Mancini, senior biological consultant; Master Gunnery Sergeant Andy Brown and Staff Sergeant Douglas Fraser, United States Marine Corps; and Norton F. Kristy, Ph.D.
I am additionally grateful to Alessandro D’Alfonso, Wilton Wynn, Nicola Merchiori, and, particularly, Luigi Bernabò, for their assistance in Italy.
I am indebted as well to Larry Kirshbaum and Sarah Crichton, and, as always, to the wizardry of Aaron Priest. Finally, a most particular thanks to Frances Jalet-Miller for her excellent suggestions and enduring patience in reworking the manuscript.