Second, my awesome editor, April Osborn. I’m grateful for your editorial skills and insight. It’s always amazing to me how even little tweaks can change so much, and you have an eye for knowing what tweaks need to be made. And to Lindsey Reeder, Ashley Macdonald, Lucille Miranda, Lia Ferron and Roxanne Jones and the entire team at MIRA—thank you for all of your marketing and publicity efforts, and expertise. You are all so fun and helpful. I love working with you.

To Cal Kenny and the entire team at Sphere, thank you for your belief in me.

Megan Squires, my long-time friend and beta reader, I can’t thank you enough for reading early drafts and giving honest feedback. Also: writing days with you, whether at a coffee shop or, more recently, in the barn loft, are my favorite.

Chris Sherman, thank you for your police expertise. I appreciate you taking the time to talk through procedure with me, patiently answering my questions, and reading through the police scenes for accuracy. Also, Melissa Sherman, for making it happen.

To Samantha Downing, Karen Cleveland, Sandie Jones, Samantha Bailey, Christina McDonald and Mindy Mejia, for reading When I Was You and sending in such kind reviews. As a fan of yours, it means so much to me.

Thank you to Abby at Crime by the Book, Jessica at the Towering TBR, Sonica at The Reading Beauty and all of the other bookstagrammers and bloggers who have shared about my books. There are too many to list but know that I’m so grateful to you. Also, to Stacy Gould at Ruby’s Books, Tina Ferguson at Face in a Book, and Stephanie Rose at Books Around the Corner for your support.

To all the book clubs who have reached out to me, I’m so honored that you’ve chosen to read my work and include me in your gatherings.

To my friends and family, your ongoing encouragement and support keeps me going. I love you all.

Andrew, thank you for the space, time and freedom to create and pursue my dream. Eli, I’m grateful that you always lend me an ear to talk over plot issues and brainstorm ideas. And to Kayleen, I’m so glad our relationship is nothing like Whitney and Amelia’s (now please let me follow your Finsta). To Luna, the newest addition to our family, thanks for being the best pandemic pet ever and for making this quarantine suck a lot less.

And most importantly, to God—everything I do is for you.

Booklist

Also by Amber Garza

When I Was You