A special thank you goes to Cpl. Darren Lagan, senior media relations officer, BC RCMP, who answered my many questions about murder investigations with painstaking detail, enviable patience, and a much-needed sense of humor. Any mistakes are mine though I hope I’m forgiven a little artistic license.
Writing can be a lonely profession but I’m lucky to have numerous, wonderful, online writer friends who keep me relatively sane. Especial thanks go to Loreth Anne White, Skype buddy extraordinaire, who always forces me to ask the hard questions. Also my incredible critique partner, Kathy Altman, who sees the roughest first draft and doesn’t tell me to quit while I’m ahead.
Massive amounts of love to my family who support me every single day and thankfulness to my readers who make me strive to write a better book each and every time.
Huge gratitude to Jill Marsal at the Marsal Lyon Literary Agency, LLC, for believing in me and this story, and to my editors, Kelli Martin (Montlake Romance), Charlotte Herscher, and Renee Johnson for their diligent eyes and boundless enthusiasm. Thanks also to the rest of the team at Montlake Romance who have been wonderfully helpful.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
JAMES HARE, © 2012
A former marine biologist who completed her PhD at the Gatty Marine Laboratory in St. Andrews, Scotland, Toni Anderson has traveled the world with her work. She was born and raised in rural Shropshire, England, and, after living in five different countries, she finally settled down in the Canadian prairies with her husband and two children. Combining her love of travel with her love of romantic suspense, Anderson writes stories based in some of the places she has been fortunate to visit. When not writing, she’s busy walking her dog, gardening, and ferrying the kids to school, piano, and soccer games. She is also the author of Storm Warning and Edge of Survival.
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