Ring of Lies (37 page)

A book of this sort involves a substantial amount of solitary work. I am extremely grateful to Hannah Wood for her excellent editing work and for ironing out the wrinkles in the plot. My heartfelt thanks go out to all those who lent a hand and gave me the benefit of their time and knowledge:

     
Uri Adoni

     
Cobi Argov

     
Amitai Bar Am

     
Yotam Dagan

     
Lilach Dor

     
Nathan Dunevich

     
Ruthi Dunevich

     
Shirra Dunevich

     
Michael Eiser, Berlin

     
Yuval Golan

     
Amnon Jackont

     
Ephraim Karnon

     
Yaron Merchav

     
Yifat Niv

     
Ronen Orr

     
Ariel Pridan

     
Tal Ravid Stern

     
Navit Rosenzweig

     
Eyal Rosner

     
Nir Ruttenberg

     
Giovanni and Francesco Toscano, Bucine

And last, thanks to everyone who asked me during the past three years:

“Well, when?”

RONI DUNEVICH
was born in Tel Aviv in 1961. Before he began his literary career, he was a copywriter, art director, and strategic consultant. His first book featuring Alex Bartal,
Hunted
(not yet translated into English), received the Gold Prize. His second Bartal book,
Unfinished Business
(also not yet translated into English), was serialized in Israel's biggest newspaper. He lives in Israel.

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

RING OF LIES.
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Originally published as
Amoḳ Mebifnim
in Israel in 2011 by Kinneret, Zmora-Bitan.

First Harper Paperback edition published 2016.

EPub Edition August 2016 ISBN 9780062279798

ISBN 978-0-06-227978-1 (pbk.)

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