Twelve Hours (13 page)

First I want to thank my beautiful and patient wife, Lynn, who has been the driving force behind my writing career from the beginning. She had the foresight to believe in my storytelling ability, is always willing to listen to all my ideas, and has kept me motivated over the past five years. Lynn, without you Dan Morgan would never have made it to the page.

I need to express my gratitude to my dear friend, Dr. Rodney Jones, who has been one of my staunchest supporters for the past four years. He has been a sounding board for many of my ideas, and has read some of the early manuscripts. He traveled with me to New York to do research on this novella,
Twelve Hours
. He has also attended all of my book launch parties and has been at many of my library presentations. I am truly honored to have him as a friend.

Thank you to Dan Brucker, manager of Grand Central Tours. He took us on a two-day tour, showing us many of the secrets of Grand Central Terminal, along with some of the sublevels and secret track that went from Grand Central to the Waldorf Astoria, and much more. Dan, you are amazing!

My appreciation to Special Agent Chris Sinos, from the FBI Office of Public Affairs in New York, for all your help and information as to how the FBI responds to a terror attack as part of a first responder team.

Thanks to both Dan and Deb Sullivan, owners of my local independent book store, The Book Oasis, in Stoneham, Mass. They have been a huge help getting my books out to my readers, both in their shop and at many of my library events.

A special thanks to Mayur Gudka, my webmaster and social media consultant, who has made my life so much easier; and to Sky Wentworth, my local publicist, who has been with me for five years, preparing press releases and arranging for radio and newspaper interviews. You are both valued members of my team and true friends.

Thank you, Lisa Frieze, who I am lucky enough to have as a huge fan. She has not only reads all of my novels but also had beautiful custom cakes decorated with the likeness of the front covers of
Silent Assassin
and
Black Skies
for each of the launch parties. She also started an international fan club for me and developed a website for it. Since we happen to live in the same Massachusetts suburb, we have met several times and have become good friends.

I am extremely grateful to have such a wonderful team at Kensington Publishing. Michaela Hamilton is not only the best editor I could possibly hope for, she has also become a trusted friend. I can’t thank Adeola Saul, Arthur Maisel, Alexandra Nicolajsen, and Michelle Forde enough for all their hard work and the invaluable guidance they have provided. Thank you to Steve Zacharius, owner of Kensington, for your vision with the company and for accepting me as part of the Kensington “family.”

To my first and only agent, Doug Grad, thank you for all your hard work, persistence, and excellent advice. I consider myself very lucky to have you representing me.

I would also like to recognize and thank bestselling authors Lee Child, John Gilstrap, Mark Sullivan, Meg Gardiner, Michele McPhee, Ben Coes, and Hank Phillippi Ryan for taking the time to read my manuscripts and provide quotes for my books.

I would be remiss not to acknowledge everyone who has bought my books and thank them for being faithful readers of the Dan Morgan thriller series. Without your support I could not continue to write. I always enjoy meeting you at conventions and other events.

Finally, I want to thank my partner in writing and creating my novels, Caio Camargo. He has helped me to translate my stories and characters to the printed page. Again I am fortunate that someone who started out as a consultant is now a dear friend.

I hope all my friends know that like Dan Morgan, I feel that one of the most important attributes in someone is loyalty. . . and I will always be loyal and grateful to them.

Leo J. Maloney
was born in Massachusetts. He served as a deep cover black operative contractor for over thirty years accepting highly secretive missions throughout the world. He has also served as a police officer/detective and is a licensed private investigator in Massachusetts. Since leaving that career, he has had the opportunity to act in independent films and TV commercials, and he has several movies to his credit, both as an actor and behind the camera as a producer, technical adviser, and assistant director—it’s official: Leo has partnered with Amber Entertainment to bring the Dan Morgan thriller series to the big screen. He lives in the Boston area. Visit him at
www.leojmaloney.com
.

 

 

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First electronic edition: March 2015

ISBN: 978-0-7860-3612-7