I am always grateful to a number of people by the time I’m done with a book—my editor and agent for encouraging me to continue to write, the readers who send me letters urging me to write faster (which make me giggle), and my friends and family who put up with my general crankiness while I’m writing. All of that is true with this book, but in addition, I’m also profoundly appreciative of Laura Toth’s help with the Hungarian phrases and words used, and for being the inspiration for setting this book in her beloved Budapest.