KevinByrne took Christa-Marie's hand and held it as the applause grew, the soundechoing across the deep chasms of memory, the vast and merciful landscape oftime.

Acknowledgments

    Specialthanks to:

    MegRuley, Peggy Gordijn, Jane Berkey, Christina Hogrebe, Don Cleary, MikeMcCormack, Kristen Pini, and the great team at the Jane Rotrosen Agency.

    KateElton, Susan Sandon, Georgina Hawtrey-Woore, Jason Arthur, Rob Waddington, EmmaFinnigan, Claire Round, Glenn O'Neill, and everyone at Random House UK.

    DarinBrannon, Tara Klein, Francis Gross, Jane Sembric, Ray Villani, Douglas Bunker,Diana Richardson, Sandra Brancaleone, and Tacy Dooley.

    JenniferKallend at the Curtis Institute of Music; Evan Evans at Le MeridienPhiladelphia; Emily McCarthy at Ritz Carlton Philadelphia; Frank Thompson atSheraton Society Hill.

    GinoRafaelli for his kindness and time, and the librarians at the CH-UH librariesfor putting up with my many requests.

    DetectiveEddie Rocks, Sgt. Joe Rosowski, Lt. Edward Monaghan, and the brave men andwomen of the Philadelphia Police Department.

    MikeDriscoll and the staff at Finnigan's Wake; Patrick Ghegan, Dom Aspite, JoeSickman, Bob Mulgrew, A1 Kurtz, John Dougherty, Vita and Adjani DeBellis, andthe rest of the Philly crew.

    Myfather, Dominic Montanari. Nine and change, Pop.

    Thecity of Philadelphia and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for letting me createhotels, institutions, and townships, and for letting me move streets,buildings, and neighborhoods. I promise to put everything back where I foundit.