Robert B. Parker's Debt to Pay (29 page)

I owe a huge debt of gratitude to Chris Pepe, Ivan Held, David Hale Smith, and the Estate of Robert B. Parker. I also want to acknowledge the passing of Bob Parker's longtime agent, Helen Brann, to whom this novel is dedicated. None of this would have been possible without Mr. Parker's creation, Jesse Stone. Thanks, guys. A big shout-out to Katie Mckee.

Thanks to Ace Atkins and Tom Schreck.

As always, my deepest love and appreciation go to Rosanne, Kaitlin, and Dylan. Without them, none of this would have meaning or be worth it.

Robert B. Parker
was the author of seventy books, including the legendary Spenser detective series, the novels featuring Chief Jesse Stone, and the acclaimed Virgil Cole/Everett Hitch westerns, as well as the Sunny Randall novels. Winner of the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award and long considered the undisputed dean of American crime fiction, he died in January 2010.

Reed Farrel Coleman
, author of the
New York Times
–bestselling
Robert B. Parker's The Devil Wins
, has been called a “hard-boiled poet” by NPR's Maureen Corrigan and the “noir poet laureate” in
The Huffington Post
. He has published twenty-four previous novels, including nine books in the critically acclaimed Moe Prager series, and most recently,
Where It Hurts
featuring Gus Murphy. A three-time winner of the Shamus Award, he has also won the Anthony, Macavity, Barry, and Audie awards. Coleman lives with his family on Long Island.

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