Marcus Sakey: Brilliance

All the folks who read the book early and pointed out where it sucked, especially Michael Cook, Alison Dasho, and Darwyn Jones.

Jeroen ten Berge, the visionary behind the cover design.

Dana Kaye, gifted publicist and all-around get-er-done-r.

Dale Rosenthal of the University of Illinois at Chicago, who, over Guinness, disassembled the global financial marketplace and then redesigned it abnorm-proof.

Kevin Anthony, who built the beautiful desk I’ll be writing on for the rest of my life.

The crime fiction community: booksellers and librarians, bloggers and reviewers, writers and publicists, but most especially the readers.

My brother Matt, who devoured the book, carefully propped up my ego, then tore apart everything that didn’t work. You’re the man.

Sally and Anthony Sakey, better known as Mom and Dad, who gave me everything.

And finally, the two loves of my life: my wife g.g. and our daughter Jocelyn. Nothing would mean anything without you.

Marcus Sakey is the bestselling author of six novels, several of which are in development as films. His fiction has been nominated for or won an Anthony, Barry, Macavity, Strand Critic’s Circle, Readers’ Choice, Crimespree, Dilys, Crime Shot, Indie Lit, Romantic Times, and ITW Thriller Award. He lives in Chicago with his wife and daughter. Visit his website at MarcusSakey.com, or follow him on Facebook and Twitter, where he posts under the clever handle @MarcusSakey.

The characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author.

Text copyright © 2013 Marcus Sakey

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Published by Thomas & Mercer

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Las Vegas, NV 89140

ISBN-13: 9781611099690

ISBN-10: 1611099692

Library of Congress Control Number: 2012922334