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“Great dialogue, colorful repeat characters who seem to grow on the reader—and a deft hand at surprise endings.”

—Gannett News Service

“Plenty of laughs and likable characters.”

—Arizona Republic

“Amusing . . . has a universal ring of truth whether you’re from the Midwest or South Florida.”

—South Florida Sun-Sentinel

“Fun.”

—St. Louis Journalism Review

“Viets is a natural-born storyteller.”

—AudioFile Magazine

“Believable. . . . Viets can tell a tale.”

—St. Petersburg Times

For Anne Watts and Thumbs, who both enjoy curling up with a good book

Acknowledgments

I want to thank my husband, Don Crinklaw, for his patience. When I asked him “Do you think it would sound better if I changed the ‘a’ to ‘the’?” he actually gave me a serious answer.

And my pitbull agent, David Hendin.

And my enthusiastic editor, Genny Ostertag, who keeps dreaming up dead-end jobs for me, so I can have the job I really want.

Thanks to the Penguin Putnam copy editors and production staff, who were so careful.

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