Blood of Others (34 page)

The parts of this book that ring
true do so because of the kind and generous contributions of several people.
Among them: the late Pierce R. Brooks, Captain, L.A.P.D., who conceived the
Violent Criminal Apprehension Program. Inspector Ed Erdelatz, San Francisco
Homicide Detail (Ret.), now with the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office,
Tom Knowles, Unit Chief, FBI Violent Criminal Apprehension Program, Quantico.
Special Agent Diana Snyder, VICAP Coordinator, FBI San Francisco Division.
Special Agent Andrew Black, Media Coordinator, FBI San Francisco Division.
Sergeant Larry Wilson, Violent Crime Linkage Analysis System, Royal Canadian
Mounted Police, Ottawa. Daniel Rahn, Crime Scene Bloodstain Pattern Analyst,
Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The Toronto Police Service. Ontario Provincial
Police.

For their computer expertise, my
thanks to Darryl Gittins and Dereck Louw, who know that this story was
completed prior to the emergence of the infamous Code Red worm. And to Wendy
Dudley. To my literary agent Mildred Marmur and to Jeff Aghassi. To Ann
LaFarge, Laurie Parkin, Steve Zacharius, Doug Mendini, Joan Schulhafer and
everyone at Kensington. Barbara, my wife, who made this book, and my previous
books, better. To relatives, colleagues, and friends for their overwhelming
support. Special thanks to John and Jeannine Rosenberg, who make good things
happen.

Again I am indebted to booksellers
everywhere, for without them a writer’s story remains an untold tale.

And to you, the reader. Thanks
for your time. Hope you enjoyed the ride.

Rick Mofina is a
former crime reporter and the award-winning author of several acclaimed
thrillers. He's interviewed murderers face-to-face on death row; patrolled with
the LAPD and the RCMP. His true crime articles have appeared in
The New York
Times
,
Marie Claire
,
Reader’s Digest
and
Penthouse
.
He's reported from the U.S., Canada, the Caribbean, Africa, Qatar and Kuwait's
border with Iraq.

New York
Times
Bestselling author, Tess Gerritsen, says:
"Rick Mofina's tense taut writing makes every thriller he writes an
adrenaline-packed ride." His short stories have been selected for
anthologies by Michael Connelly, Peter Robinson, Ed Gorman, the Mystery Writers
of America and the United Kingdom's, Crime Writers Association.

The
International
Thriller Writers
,
The Private Eye Writers of America
and
The
Crime Writers of Canada
have listed Rick Mofina's titles as being among the
best in the world.

His books have
been published in 21 countries and have been praised by James Patterson, Dean
Koontz, Michael Connelly, Lee Child, Tess Gerritsen, Jeffery Deaver, Sandra
Brown, James Rollins, Brad Thor, Nick Stone, David Morrell, Allison Brennan,
Heather Graham, Linwood Barclay, Peter Robinson, Håkan Nesser and Kay Hooper.

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