“Entertaining.”
– Cleveland Plain Dealer
OPEN AND SHUT
EDGAR® AWARD NOMINEE
“Very assured… packed with cleverly sarcastic wit.”
– New York Times
“Splendid… intricate plotting.”
– Cleveland Plain Dealer
“A great book… one part gripping legal thriller, one part smart-mouth wise-guy detective story, and all-around terrific.”
– HARLAN COBEN, author of
No Second Chance
“Engaging and likable… The action is brisk.”
– San Francisco Chronicle
Also by David Rosenfelt
New Tricks
Dead Center
Bury the Lead
Sudden Death
First Degree
Open and Shut
For Mike, whom I could never beat
at anything…
And for Rick, whom no one would
ever want to beat at anything.
Acknowledgments
I’m not a big fan of acknowledgment pages; most of the time I refuse to even acknowledge them. I especially hate when authors drop names of famous people as a way to impress the readers, and then go on to tell heartwarming little anecdotes to show how tight the author is with those bigshots.
Not me; that’s not what I’m about. I make my acknowledgments short and to the point, and I don’t go scrounging around for impressive names. I let my literary achievements do my showing off for me. If someone has been helpful or inspirational, I thank them… if not, I don’t. No one gets a free pass.
So, in no particular order, I would like to acknowledge…
Michael Jordan Bill Clinton
Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower Debbie Myers
Jonas Salk
Britney Spears
Clarence and Marlo Thomas Bob Castillo
Babe Ruth
Wolf Blitzer
Wolfman Jack
Stacy Alesi
Gandhi
Jessica and Homer Simpson Little Anthony and the Imperials Derek Jeter
Susan Richman
Wayne and Fig Newton Puff Daddy
My Daddy
My Mommy
Alex Trebek
Various Rosenfelts Golda Meir
The Barbara sisters: Bush, Streisand and Walters Nelson Mandela
Ozzie Nelson
Ozzy Osbourne
Les Pockell