A Second Helping of Murder and Recipes: A Hot Dish Heaven Mystery (26 page)

Acknowledgements

First and foremost, I must thank my sister Mary Cooney. Once again she was there to share ideas, review drafts, provide encouragement, and make me laugh. Thanks also to Myron Hennen and Gary Bostad for their ongoing lessons about farming in the Red River Valley, as well as David Bergh for teaching me about beet pilers and scale pits. Thanks to the Cooney and Hennen families, both full of funny people who share hilarious anecdotes and spark lots of ideas. Thanks to Mary Keyes and my sister Teresa Cooney, who, along with Mary Cooney, provided critiquing that immensely improved the final manuscript. Overdo thanks to Haley Cooney, who designed the website before the first book came out and continues to manage it, and Elizabeth Young, who oversees the Facebook page. Then, of course, thanks to the booksellers who have taken a chance on me, as well as the readers who have e-mailed wonderful messages, jokes, and recipes. Keep them coming! Finally, thanks to my publisher, North Star Press, where the staff performs editing, layout, cover design, marketing, e-book production, and so much more. Oh, yeah, one final shout-out to the makers of Dove chocolate. I couldn’t have done it without you!