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Special Agent Jaain always found tiet ht people Jim, youto handle the overwhel the media contact at the busiest, most densely populated FBI Field Office in the country

Special Agent Jiators of the Art Cried forsuspects and handling the Big Apple’s countless ations

Special Agent Jody Roberson (now retired, but still ent Mike Adams, the two principal firearms instructors at Fort Dix Thanks to Mike, I can now hold, load, and fire an MP5 (And if you think that handling a heavy subgun is easy, just give it a try Your muscles won’t speak to you for a week) And thanks to Jody, my skills with the MP5 and the Glock 22 have been honed, with Jody pushing me to, but not beyond, my limits

Kurt Crawford, public affairs specialist at Quantico, who cah for me when I needed to find an expert firearuided ot lost on the extensive grounds of Quantico

Defensive Systems Unit Chief William Kozacek, the expert firearle detail about every single weapon ie with a novice

Everyone at FBI Headquarters in Washington, DC, elco my first official visit Thank you for your hospitality, your enthusiasratulations on your one-hundred-year anniversary!

The New York, Newark, and Philadelphia Field Offices for their ongoing cooperation

I truly hope I haven’t omitted anyone, since everybody I dealt with at the FBI was an integral part of the creation of Drawn in Blood An added thanks to all of you at the Bureau who read the manuscript for accuracy and then provided me with your invaluable feedback

As always, I take full responsibility for any unintentional errors that ht have slipped by and for any literary license I took I only did so when absolutely necessary

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With the integration of the NYPD in Drawn in Blood, Iconsultant, Detective Mike Oliver, who exeiance of the NYPD, who never seems to have to say “I don’t know” to any of my endless questions, and whose sense of huh—even when I’ on empty

Many thanks to my editor at HarperCollins, Lucia Macro, for all she does on my behalf

A special thanks topartnership, for weathering the stor the sun come out And welcome to the team, Christina!

Most significant of all, a huge thank-you to my family, for all the love, support, and teame share, and always seem to discover and rediscover, despite life’s obstacles Your input is invaluable The spot you fill in my heart and my life is irreplaceable

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