He wants us to quietly look into it.”Įlks shook his head. “The mayor has a friend who was burglarized. Jimmy realized the commander wasn’t happy about this assignment. “Information on what?”Įlks shook his head and crossed his arms. “You’ll be going undercover to gather information.” He really hoped for the former.Įlks sat on the front edge of the desk. “Special” could mean a new task force or babysitting a dog. “I’ve been contacted by the mayor about a special assignment.” “I hear good things about you, O’Malley.” He’d been relegated to burglary and vandalism.Ĭommander Elks hung up the receiver and stood. Most of the detectives from his class had gone on to investigate violent crimes. He’d been working doggedly on some property crimes that went nowhere. He hadn’t been a detective long enough to screw up, so the reason eluded him. Today, however, he was waiting to hear why he’d been summoned. J immy O’Malley sat in the commander’s office, knowing that one day, he’d move into the space. And finally, to all of the book bloggers and readers who have taken the time to read about the O’Learys: Without you, I wouldn’t be able to have such a great job. To Hanna Martine and Pamala Knight, who beta read the book and gave me excellent insight under pretty tight deadlines-I owe you guys. Next, as always, thank you to my critique partner Paly, who is never afraid to tell me when I’m screwing up my characters. Without that motivation and support, I’m not sure writing would have been as much fun, so I owe a huge thank-you to Erica, Clara, and all the writers who showed up nightly all summer long. The concept was simple-every night, writers would meet on Twitter from 10 to 11 to get words on the page. Then, two writer friends, Erica O��Rourke and Clara Kensie, came up with the brilliant idea for Summer of All the Words. Not only did I have to write under a real deadline, but I also had to start the book over the summer while my kids were home. This was the first book that I truly had to write under deadline, and I was nervous. No book is really written in isolation, and this holds true for this book more than any other I have written.

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