River of No Return : A Jake Trent Novel (9781451698053) (30 page)

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Enormous thanks to all those who helped along the way; I couldn't have done it without you: Margaret Riley, Paul Whitlatch, Kyle Radler, David Lamb, Tom Bair, Molly Lindley, Benjamin Holmes, Dr. Jeff Dreyer, Dr. Arwind Koimattur, Dr. Rahul Tendulkar, and Lara Bertsch.

Photograph by Katie Bertsch

David Riley Bertsch, a native of Pittsburgh, graduated from Penn State and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Since 2009 he has lived in Jackson, Wyoming, where he is a professional fly-fishing guide.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Bertsch, David Riley.
River of no return : a Jake Trent novel / David Riley Bertsch. — First Scribner hardcover edition.
pages ; cm
1. Fishing guides—Fiction. 2. Missing persons—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3602.E7688R59 2015
813'.6—dc23
2014030186

ISBN 978-1-4516-9803-9

ISBN 978-1-4516-9805-3 (ebook)