Any similarities to persons or situations is coincidental and the author takes full responsibility for any and all mistakes and inaccuracies. This book could not have been written without the generous contributions of Marlene Farnus, who wrestled it into the text form from scribblings in notebooks and legal pads. The author wishes to thank, also, Tom, Sr., and Grace Parkhill, Tom Parkhill, Jr., Greg Vaughn, the folks at Seattle Mystery Bookshop, and the small but irreplaceable core group of mystery writers who provided the inspiration, in particular Michael Connelly. This book - and, in fact, everything else in my life - would be both impossible and meaningless without my enormous great fortune in knowing and being loved by Peggy E. Body, Olivia Paige Body, and my own personal hero and best friend, Judye Allman. This is for my grandbabies…all eleven of them. Prelude & Cantata It was the light.
