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Much gratitude as well to digital forensics expert Josh Moulin, who gave me insight into the dark web.

On a personal note, this book was written during times that were tough for pretty much everyone on the planet, and as I tackled this challenge, I felt especially thankful for the much-needed love and laughs provided by James Conrad (shop Golden Notebook!), Chas Cerulli, and Dan, Paul Leone, Wendy Corsi Staub, Jamie and Doug Barthel, and my own personal collective, the FLs.

Thanks to my wonderful family, including my mom, Beverly, and all the Gaylins, especially Sheldon and Marilyn, who have made me a very lucky daughter-in-law. I married into a truly superb clan. (Chris, you’re in for a treat!)

Thanks to Marissa, a brilliant, kind, and strong young woman who becomes more of those things every day. And to Mike, who is pretty much the best guy ever.





About the Author


ALISON GAYLIN is the author of the Edgar Award–winning suspense novel If I Die Tonight, and the Edgar Award–nominated novels Hide Your Eyes, What Remains of Me, and Stay with Me. Her first novel in the highly acclaimed Brenna Spector series, And She Was, won the Shamus Award. A graduate of Northwestern University and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, she lives with her husband and daughter in Woodstock, New York.


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