To my family---I love and appreciate all of you.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to my family. John, Mom, Dad, and Alison---you do everything from critique and brainstorm, to babysit, to answer odd questions about crime scenes. Josh and Timothy---thanks for providing a welcome break from writing now and then with your cuteness.

Thank you to Major Dennis Casanovus for answering questions relating to this book and the Alaska State Troopers. Your help was invaluable and any mistakes or stretches are mine. Thanks also to Lindsay Moore for helping one of my characters stop the bleeding of a gunshot victim.

Thanks to my writing friends who have encouraged me with your friendship.

Thanks, Alice, for being a fabulous agent.

Thank you, Elizabeth, my editor, who has a special skill for making stories shine.

And thank  you, Lord, again, for letting me live this dream.