Suspicion of Malice (57 page)

She smiled. Her eyes caught the blue of the sky,
the blue of water behind her, and the aquamarines
at her ears.

Acknowledgments

I depend on practicing lawyers (and a judge) to help
me remember what it was like: Milton A. Hirsch,
Bruce H. Fleischer, Alfonso J. Perez, Juan Ramirez, Eugene W. Sulzberger, and David Waksman. For details of police procedure, I am grateful to crime-scene
technicians David Gilbert and Gerald J. Reichardt; Detective Ramesh Nyberg, Miami-Dade Homicide Bureau; and Reinhard W. Motte, M.D., Associate
Medical Examiner. Physicians Jodie Boggs and Ayse-
gul Ozbek provided medical information; Jill B.
Shave and Ken Rampone shared their knowledge of boats; Leslie Curtis and Shari Little made the world
of ballet come alive; and Jill Cannady and Bob Sinde-
lir helped me create the art gallery at Coconut Grove. Many thanks to you all. For correcting my Spanish,
gracias
to Alicia Abreu, Liced Abreu, and Vivian Lla
nos. Tete Portela gave me lovely details about Antho
ny's grandmother. And finally, Bobby Gonzalez
sends his appreciation to James, Jennifer, and Valerie,
who put the words in his mouth. Any errors of fact or interpretation are mine.