Acknowledgments - Lucidity

WHILE THIS IS A WORK OF FICTION I HAVE A FEW PEOPLE TO THANK for helping me keep it in the realm of reality. As always, I took advantage of the colorful commentary and bits of inspiration Commander Tony Dixon of the Menlo Park Police Department provided me. I also want to mention Jim Simpson, Detective Sergeant (Ret), who graciously chatted with me about some of his old cases a few years back. For legal counsel I have two fellow soccer dads to thank: Don Rollock, former Nassau County ADA turned criminal defense attorney, and Jason Berland, former New York County ADA turned criminal defense attorney. For the medical portions of the book, I turned to the incomparable Sanford Littwin, MD, who gave me his unvarnished opinions with his usual gusto. Special thanks to my agent John Silbersack and esteemed publisher Peter Mayer for putting up with my delays in writing this novel (I do have a day job, guys, though that’s not an excuse). Big props to Adrienne Friedberg, who went through a draft of the book, tightened a sentence or two, and got me to the end. My father, Martin, and John Falcone, thank you for reading early drafts and making comments. And editors Chelsea Cutchens and Tracy Carns, thanks for your input and shepherding the book to publication. Last but not least, I couldn’t have written this without my wife Lisa, who puts up with my shenanigans, good and bad.