Torque (38 page)

“Would that be Mother Nature or human
nature?”

“Either one. Now spell counterfeit for
me?”

“
F A K E
.”

Lareault sighed theatrically but wrote it
down anyway. It was only the first draft of a preliminary report,
and both he and Bloomfield knew that the Harrowport Case was far
from being closed. The new Millennium was going to be most
interesting.

THE END

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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Contributions to this book were of a direct and
indirect nature. Leading the first category is my wife, Gail, for
understanding that a writer needs his solitude, and that a
manuscript is a boxful of loose-leaf pages. After Gail checked the
work for content, the next version was posted on the writer's
forum,
Authonomy
, where some talented folk brought
inconsistencies to my attention and made suggestions for
improvement. Especially helpful was T. Donna Robison, who
scrutinized every chapter to root out the spelling, grammar, and
punctuation gaffs.

I'm grateful to Tina Massey, Dean Lombardo, Jim
Robison, Mindy Haig, Richard Langridge, Patricia Laster, and L.
Andrea Mosier for reading the completed MS and providing positive
comments. And many thanks to Susan Finlay for keeping me in the
loop. Such support is invaluable to a debut novelist.

Indirectly, a fair bit of TORQUE's horsepower came
from many hours spent around a hot engine in a cold garage with
Mike, Dave, and Steven Robinson, Dave and Tony Maunder, Andrew
Martin, Thurlow Park, and Fraser Weir. Add to that, my brother,
Keith Taylor, who rode shotgun until old enough to get his own
licence - best student I ever had!

And, on that note, I must acknowledge the thousands
of underpaid instructors who literally go the extra mile to ensure
safer roads for us all. If you see these educators at work, please
be a good example.

Finally, I wish to thank YOU, for giving this novel
life by reading and recommending it to your friends. For without
the end-reader there is little point in writing.

I hope you enjoyed the ride.

GM

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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Glenn Muller was born in New Jersey, USA, then spent
his early years in England before emigrating to Canada where he
would attain Canadian citizenship.

After high school he enrolled in community college
courses for hotel administration, driver education, computer
applications, and bookkeeping. These led to related occupations,
the variety of which Glenn feels has been an asset to his
writing.

TORQUE was inspired by the twelve years he spent as a
driving instructor, and influenced by the social group of muscle
car owners and racers he knew at that time. While the darker
characters and situations in the book are pure products of
imagination, the police procedurals were culled from Glenn's
experience as a witness for a murder trial.

Other writing credits include book reviews for
Astronomy Magazine
, a specialized sports-column for a local
newspaper, and articles and presentations for amateur astronomy
clubs and conventions.

TORQUE is Glenn Muller's debut novel.

For questions or comments, the author may be
contacted by e-mail via:

talkabouttorque
at
hotmail
dot
com

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