‘You can have a chat with her in the morning.’
‘Are we—’ Tidey said, and he stopped because he wasn’t sure he wanted to know the answer.
Holly’s voice was drowsy. ‘Go to sleep,’ she said.
Julie Lordan, as always, was my first reader and advisor. She and Cathleen Kerrigan were supportive through the lost weekends and preoccupied holidays.
Publishing Director Liz Foley’s commentary on the first draft and Briony Everroad’s editing greatly improved the novel. Katherine Fry did the meticulous copy-edit. Thanks to all and special thanks, as always, to my friends Pat Brennan and Evelyn Bracken, for their fast and thorough appraisal and advice.
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