Jennifer Allen catches moonbeams in a jar and makes me feel like I am indeed
swinging on a star. There is no shoulder I would rather rest my head on watching an
orange moonrise over the Sound.
A big salute to Elisabeth Dyssegaard, editor-in-chief at Hyperion Books, who
smoothed the way, start to finish. Melissa Harling-Walendy and her team at ABC
provided wonderful support once more.
Sloan Harris at ICM Partners has represented me in books from the very beginning,
setting his spyglass on the horizon and seeing all with a clear eye.
Once again Ellen Borakove at OCME proved invaluable in autopsy research. She
continues to combine passion and compassion in her work plus a unique tolerance for
ignorant questions.
Special recognition to Alton Brown for providing both the culinary consultation and
the pen warmed up in hell with which I wrote this book. Good Eats, Great Guy.
Poker buddies Connelly, Lehane, Patterson, and the late Mr. Cannell still keep me on
my toes.
Thanks so much to the extraordinary Janet Evanovich for the shout out on the Today
Show. And to top-flight blogger Ken Levine for all the nice words.
Screenwriter and friend Don Rhymer left us too soon. The real-life inspiration for
Detective Rhymer is now heaven’s new Opie—and lives on in the 20th.
Finally, there would be no book without the guiding star known on the charts as
Andrew Major. Whenever I am lost in the twists, turns, and black holes of plot, I
take comfort knowing I am never alone. I can always rely on Tom to hold the compass,
but for Andrew to shine True North.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have an appointment with Manhattanhenge.
RC
New York City, 8:14 P.M.,
May 29, 2013
About the Author
Richard Castle is the author of numerous bestsellers, including Heat Wave, Naked
Heat, Heat Rises, Frozen Heat, the Derrick Storm eBook original trilogy, and Storm
Front. His first novel, In a Heat of Bullets, published while he was still in
college, received the Nom DePlume Society’s prestigious Tom Straw Award for Mystery
Literature.
Mr. Castle lives in Manhattan with his daughter and mother, both of whom infuse his
life with humor and inspiration.