A Dangerous Collaboration (Veronica Speedwell #4)

For the warmest of welcomes and the utmost support, I owe much gratitude to everyone at Penguin/Berkley with special recognition of my superb and gifted editor, Danielle Perez, as well as Craig Burke, Loren Jaggers, Claire Zion, Jeanne-Marie Hudson, Jin Yu, Jessica Mangicaro, Jennifer Snyder, Christine Ball, and Ivan Held. Huge and heartfelt thanks to the art department for their inspired work and to the sales, marketing, editorial, and PR teams who give so much. I will forever be indebted to Ellen Edwards for seeing the potential in Veronica and bringing her home.

For an exquisite copyedit and coldread, my compliments and thanks to Eileen Chetti and Jeff Campbell.

For two decades of advice, friendship, and business expertise, I am immensely grateful to my agent, Pam Hopkins.

Gratitude and much love to the people who have given me so much support and given Veronica a splendid launch: Blake Leyers, Ali Trotta, Joshilyn Jackson, Ariel Lawhon, Delilah Dawson, Rhys Bowen, Alan Bradley, Susan Elia MacNeal, Robin Carr, and Lauren Willig. Many thanks to Benjamin Dreyer, Duchess Goldblatt, and the Blanket Fort for laughter and consolation.

I am so very grateful for the practical diligence of my assistant, Jomie Wilding, and the Writerspace team for all things digital.

A very special nod of thanks to Kim Wright for telling me a chilling story and ending with the words, “I hope you use this in a book someday.”

My love and gratitude, as ever, to the most supportive family imaginable.

For everything, for always, my husband.