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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I want to thank all the readers who have supported my work in the past: from the podcast faithful, the Palms Mommas and Palms Daddies, to the Kindle adopters of Jess Harding, to those I’ve had the pleasure to meet at various readings, events, and conferences over the years. Thanks for helping me continue to fulfill and live out my dream.

Thanks to everyone who provided insight into the life and procedures of a San Francisco homicide investigator. From those I could ping for a quick answer to those who took time out to tell me their experiences on the front lines: Brian Thiem, Meaghan McMilton, Drew Valderrama, and Lea Militello.

I had some great early readers along the way: Kimberly Ewertz, Connie Howard, Rich Ferri, Charity VanDeberg, and Dan Pope. Big thanks to you all, and to my wonderful research assistant, Amy Storer.

To the team at Thomas & Mercer: big ups Kjersti Egerdahl, Tiffany Pokorny, Alan Turkus, and the lovely Jacque Ben-Zekry. My excellent editors Alison Dasho and Gracie Doyle adopted this book as their own and helped improve it immensely. Thanks so much.

Thanks to my larger family for their love and encouragement: all the Harwoods, Vogels, Leshens, Faigels, Williamsons, Kalishers, and Cohens—sending all my love.

Finally, thanks to my wife and daughter for their love, patience, and support. You’re my heart. My loves.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Photo © 2015 Sebastian Rene

Seth Harwood is the bestselling author of
In Broad Daylight
,
Jack Wakes Up
, and
Young Junius
, as well as two collections of short stories. He is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and teaches creative writing for Stanford Continuing Studies, Harvard Extension School, and City College of San Francisco. His early novels can be found as free podcasts on iTunes. Originally from Boston, he lives in San Francisco and western Massachusetts.

For more information, visit
www.sethharwood.com
.