Acknowledgements
WE WOULD LIKE TO EXERCISE our prerogative as authors and thank those men, women, and children without whom these books would not exist: our characters. Tom, Helen, Anna, Dan, Miriam, Nate, Gladys, Martin, Mae, Dominic, Catherine, the Archbishop, Father Wayne, and others who appear in either every book as major characters or who have become beloved secondary characters, are as real to us as our friends and neighbors. Their willingness to allow us into their thoughts, hurt them, give them joy, have them fall in love, and work together—and sometimes apart—to solve mysteries, makes these books a joy to write.
We owe a lot of people a lot of thanks for helping with this book. First, we would like to thank our Beta Readers: Theresa Bowers, Devra Torres, Rebecca Hi
