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I would like to thank Boothbay Harbor Police Chief Robert Hasch and Attorney Richard Hayes for the generosity of their time and advice about procedure and charges. All mistakes, inadvertent and intentional, are mine.

Thank you to Marilyn Mick and Carolyn Vandam for their insights into tourism, clambakes, and herding a crowd. Thanks to Olga Carito for being the reason I ended up with a Victorian house with the best view in the world in Boothbay Harbor, Maine—and for so many other things.

Thanks to my agent, John Talbot, for lighting the match, Sheila Connolly for supplying the fuse, and to my fellow Maine Crime Writer, Lea Wait, for handing me the explosives.

Thanks as always to my first readers, my fantastic writers group of seventeen years, Mark Ammons, Katherine Fast, Cheryl Marceau, and Leslie Wheeler. And with deepest gratitude to my second readers, Bill Carito, Kate Carito, and Sherry Harris, who all went above and beyond.

Thanks also to Bill Carito, the real foodie in our family, for all his help with the recipes and the food scenes.

Also to the Maine Crime Writers, Sisters in Crime New England, and the New England Crime Bake.

Finally, if this book leaves you with an urge for lobster and clams, there is a company that will take you on a boat ride to a private island and provide you with a real New England Clambake experience. The island, the family, and the business vary wildly from the fictional ones in this book, and even the menu is slightly different, but you’ll have a fantastic time and I guarantee you won’t be murdered. For more information on the Cabbage Island Clambakes see
www.cabbageislandclambakes.com
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ISBN: 978-0-7582-8685-7

First Kensington Mass Market Edition: September 2013

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