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Jocelyn sidled up to him. “No word on Knox’s car?”

Kevin shook his head. “Nope, nothing. I’m sure it’ll turn up. Why? You ready to get rid of that old, ugly Ford?”

“Not for anything Knox used to drive,” she said, thinking of the faint smell of vomit that still clung to her backseat from the day Knox had thrown up in it.

Kevin laughed. “Well, it’ll turn up eventually. Put it out of your mind for now, Rush. Enjoy the holidays.” He motioned around the room. “Enjoy this.”

Jocelyn linked her arm with his and rested her head on his shoulder, a feeling of contentment washing over her. “I will,” she said. “I absolutely will.”

Acknowledgements

First and foremost, I must thank my readers. You guys are awesome. Thank you for being so passionate, so supportive, and so encouraging. You make everything that’s hard about writing worth it. I can never thank you enough for reading my books, recommending them to others, leaving reviews, sending me emails, Facebook messages, tweets or sometimes even pulling me aside when you see me in person! I am continuously amazed and humbled by your enthusiasm. Please know that I deeply appreciate every message, every email, every tweet, every Facebook post and every kind word. As long as you keep reading, I’ll keep telling stories. While I was writing this book, there were so many times that I felt like throwing in the towel, but I knew that I couldn’t because you readers were there cheering me on the whole way. From the bottom of my heart, thank you.

Thank you, as always, to my wonderful husband Fred and my lovely daughter, Morgan, who sacrificed many hours of time spent with me for this book. Thank you to my CPs and first readers, Michael Infinito, Jr., Nancy Thompson, Dana Mason, Carrie Butler and Jeff O’Handley. You are all extraordinary writers and human beings and I am privileged to know you. I am constantly astounded by your generosity and humbled by your brilliance. Thank you as well to Carrie at Forward Authority Design Services for being my go-to person for just about anything that crosses my mind. You have an astonishing ability to take my ideas and make them reality. I am in awe of your talent, kindness, patience and good humor.

Thank you to Jennifer Thomson, researcher extraordinaire, for finding out all kinds of strange and obscure things for me!

Thank you to my beta readers whose valuable input helped work out all the kinks: Torese Hummel, M.K. Harkins, Joyce Regan, Renee Crabill, Trisha Turner, Laura Aiello, Marcie Riebe. Thank you to Lilly Billarrial for helping me make up fake business names.

Thank you, as always, to my parents and siblings for your constant and unwavering support and encouragement as well as for spreading the word: William & Joyce Regan, Donna House, Rusty House & Julie House, Sean & Cassie House, Andy Brock, Kevin & Christine Brock, Grace & Kirk House.

Thank you also to Jana Dean, Steve Boyd, Nancy Frederick, Elaine Boris, Jewell Cartwright, and Sue Herwig, Judy LaMay, and Tanya Anderson. You keep me going!

Thank you to my constant cheerleaders and sharers of all things book-related: Melissia McKittrick, Ava & Tom McKittrick, Kerry Graham, Jeanie Loiacono, Katie Henson, Elizabeth Kaminski, Helen Conlen and the entire Conlen family, Jean and Dennis Regan and the entire Regan family, the Funk family, my in-laws, the Tralies, the McDowells, the Dauphins, the Kays, the Bottingers, the Spinellis and the Bowmans. So many of my friends and family help spread the word about my books, it would be tough to name you all individually but please know that I am so grateful to you, and every day I feel blessed to have you all in my life and in my corner.

Thank you to James D. McGinnis for taking so much time to help me with my various questions about private investigators, police procedure and the interplay between the two. Thank you to my sisters at DAMN and also the Delaware Valley chapter of Sisters in Crime for all your unwavering support! Thank you to Forward Authority Design for the amazing cover, to T.S. Tate for the content edit and Tajare Taylor for the final copy-edit. Thank you to Melissa Maygrove for the final proofread and for your eagle-eye precision. Finally, thank you to Integrity Formatting for the interior design.

About the Author

Lisa Regan is an Amazon bestselling crime/suspense novelist. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in English and Master of Education Degree from Bloomsburg University. She is a member of Sisters In Crime, Mystery Writers of America and International Thriller Writers. She lives in Philadelphia with her husband and daughter. Her debut novel, Finding Claire Fletcher won Best Heroine and was runner up in Best Novel in the eFestival of Words Best of the Independent eBook Awards for 2013. Her second novel, Aberration won Best Twist in the 2014 the eFestival of Words Best of the Independent Book Awards. Her third novel, Hold Still was released by Thomas & Mercer in 2014 and has been translated into German. She is at work on her fifth novel.

Find her at www.lisaregan.com