dangerous. Each time they met, she almost died, which meant she was only safe without him. It would take a miracle to bring them together again.
Or a murder.
Author’s Note
As the granddaughter of Italian immigrants, I’ve long been aware of the prejudice the Italians endured when they began coming to America in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. I was fascinated to learn, however, that the Irish, who had been the most recent group of immigrants to endure persecution, were among those persecuting the Italians. Everyone, it seems, must have someone over whom to feel superior. In that respect, human beings haven’t changed a bit in the last hundred years.
I’d like to thank my writer friends who helped me come up with the unique method of killing the victims in this book. In the nineteenth century, an Austrian empress actually was killed the same way Richard Dennis was, although the weapon was a thin-bladed knife and not a hat pin. Then I happened to see a display of antique hat pins while I was plotting this story, and I knew I’d found the murder weapon. Finally, thanks to Dr. Jim Hughes for explaining what would happen to someone when a hat pin was inserted into the base of her brain.
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Victoria Thompson
