The Triumph of Katie Byrne (28 page)
I would like to mention a number of people who have helped me during the research and writing of this book. Most particularly, I am indebted to Lieutenant Eric C. Smith, Commanding Officer, Western District Major Crime Squad, Connecticut State Police, for walking me through police procedures at major crime scenes and events thereafter. My thanks to Bette Bartush, Connecticut State Police, for explaining other police procedures; to Arthur H. Diedrick, Chairman of Development, Office of the Governor of the State of Connecticut, for advice about matters pertaining to that state; to Fran Weissler for clarifying certain aspects of the Broadway theatre; to Rosemarie Cerutti and Susan Zito of Bradford Enterprises for help with many different aspects of this book, and to Liz Ferris for a marathon typing job meticulously done so quickly. My editors Deb Futter of Doubleday, New York, and Patricia Parkin of HarperCollins, London, are sounding boards par excellence, and my thanks to them. Last, but by no means least, I must express my gratitude to my
husband Robert Bradford for his belief that I could write a mystery and for his constant encouragement for me to do so.
Barbara Taylor Bradford was born in Leeds, and by the age of twenty was an editor and columnist on Fleet Street. Her first novel,
A Woman of Substance
, became an enduring bestseller and was followed by seventeen others, most recently
Three Weeks in Paris.
Her books have sold more than sixty-one million copies worldwide in more than ninety countries and forty languages. She lives in New York City with her husband, producer Robert Bradford.
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A Woman of Substance
Voice of the Heart
Hold the Dream
Act of Will
To Be the Best
The Women in his Life
Remember
Angel
Everything to Gain
Dangerous to Know
Love in Another Town
Her Own Rules
A Secret Affair
Power of a Woman
A Sudden Change of Heart
Where You Belong
Three Weeks in Paris
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