My friends at Café Borrone in Menlo Park, California, for serving the best breakfasts-and especially coffee-that any writer could ask for.
Naomi Andrews and Dan Levin, Eve Bridberg, Vivian Brown, Alan Eisler, Judy Eisler, Shari Gersten and David Rosenblatt, Tom Hayes, novelist Joe Konrath, Owen and Sandy Rennert, Ted Schlein, Hank Shiffman, and Caryn Wiseman, for helpful comments on the manuscript and many valuable suggestions and insights along the way.
Most of all, to my wife, Laura, for more than I can put in words. And the research on the “love scenes” was great, too.
AUTHOR’S NOTE
The Manila, Bangkok, Phuket, Hong Kong, Kowloon, Tokyo, and Batangas locales that appear in this book are described, as always, as I have found them. The backstory on A. Q. Khan and the CIA is real.
