Closer to home, I received valuable feedback on early drafts of the book from Julian Solotorovsky and Dan Pastern; my agent at CAA, Bruce Vinokour; and from my daughters, Rachel Turow and Eve Turow Paul, as well as my son-in-law Ben Schiffrin.
Eternal thanks to the world’s greatest literary agent, Gail Hochman. And big applause and gratitude to my editor Deb Futter, who deserves extra-special mention for being willing to bet on a book with a largely foreign setting in an unfamiliar legal system, as well as for her tireless editing that put me through my paces on several drafts.
Last, love and special thanks to my wife Adriane, who read and commented on several drafts. More to the point, she put up for years with my sudden vacant looks and half-finished sentences when, in the midst of our conversations, my mind flew back to Boom.