Violent Crimes (23 page)

I could not have written
Violent Crimes
without help from experts in several fields. Attorney Ryan Scott told me about the Shadow Challenge; Kip Nordstrom solved my plant problem by explaining about pokeweed; my son-in-law, Andy Rome, taught me how to commit financial fraud; and once again Dr. Karen Gunson told me how to kill someone. Thanks also to Dr. Thomas Dodson, Brianna Borders and Jay W. Pscheidt, and my excellent assistant, Robin Haggard.

I can't say enough about my fabulous agents, Jean Naggar and Jennifer Weltz, or the crew at HarperCollins: Claire Wachtel and Caroline Upcher, my excellent editors, and the intrepid Heather Drucker and Hannah Wood.

I appreciate the support of my daughter, Ami Margolin Rome; my son, Daniel, and his new bride, Amanda; and my special friend Melanie Nelson.

And, finally, I thank my muse, Doreen, who is always in my heart.

PHILLIP MARGOLIN
has written nineteen novels, many of them
New York Times
bestsellers, including his latest novels
Woman with a Gun
,
Worthy Brown's Daughter
,
Sleight of Hand
, and the Washington trilogy. Each displays a unique, compelling insider's view of criminal behavior, which comes from his long background as a criminal defense attorney who has handled thirty murder cases. Winner of the Distinguished Northwest Writer Award, he lives in Portland, Oregon.

www.phillipmargolin.com

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This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author's imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

VIOLENT CRIMES.
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FIRST EDITION

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Margolin, Phillip

Violent crimes : an Amanda Jaffe novel / Phillip Margolin.—First edition.

pages    cm

ISBN 978-0-06-226655-2

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PS3563.A649V56    2016

813'.54—dc23
                    2015014362

EPub Edition February 2016 ISBN 9780062266576

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