ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
No one can write a book alone. Many people have given generously of their time and expertise to help make this book possible, including—
Florida Locations: The good folks at the Florida Department of Law Enforcement in Tallahassee, Florida: Jennie Khoen, former FDLE Public Information Officer; Kristen Perezluha, FDLE Public Information Officer; Mike Phillips, FDLE Special Agent Supervisor; and Apalachicola historian, Laura Roberts Moody.
Arizona Locations: Leslie Boyer, M.D., Medical Director of the Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center; Michael Crawford of Chandler, Tullar, Udall & Redhair; Lieutenant David Denlinger, Arizona Department of Public Safety; DPS crime lab criminalists Ron Bridgemon (retired), Sue Harvey, John Maciulla, Curtis Reinbold, Seth Ruskin, and Keith Schubert; Ron Thompson, Tucson Police Department; and the folks at the La Posta Quemada Ranch (on which the Bosque Escondido is based), Karen Bachman and Pam Marlow.
Also thanks to Alice Volpe, Tracy Bernstein, Claire Zion, Leslie Gelbman, and Kara Welsh.
To my friends, family, and the people who just plain helped me out, not exclusive to but including: Sinclair Browning, J.R. Dailey, Pete Hautman, J.A. Jance, Mary Logue, Carol Davis Luce, Cliff McCreedy, Barbara Schiller and Allegra Taff; writers group members Sheila Cottrell, Elizabeth Gunn, J.M. Hayes, and E.J. McGill. And to my aunt, Evelyn Ridgway, my mother, Mary Falk, and my husband, Glenn McCreedy, the only person to read my first draft—at his peril.
Special thanks to my three go-to guys: Arizona Department of Public Safety detective Terry Johnson, Tucson Police Department detective Phil Uhall, and Cops ‘n Writers consultant John Cheek (TPD retired). Without you, there would be no book.
Any and all mistakes are mine. No animals were harmed during the writing of this book. I’m available for birthday parties.
All of the above is true, except for the birthday party part.
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SECRETS TO DIE FOR
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