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To John Butts, M.D." Chief Medical Examiner, State of North Carolina;
Michael Sullivan, M.D." Mecklenburg County Medical Examiner; and Roger
Thompson, Director, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Crime
Laboratory.

To Marilyn Steely, MA." for pointing me to the Hell Fire Club;

Jack C. Morgan Jr." MA.I." C.R.E." for enlightening me on property
deeds, maps, and tax records; Irene Bacznsky, for help with airline
names.

To Anne Fletcher, for accompanying me on our Smoky Mountain
adventure.

A special thanks to the people of Bryson City, North Carolina,
including Faye Bumgarner, Beverly Means, and Donna Rowland at the
Bryson City library; Ruth Anne Sitton and Bess Ledford at the Swain
County Tax and Land Records Office; Linda Cable, Swain County
Administrator; Susan Cutshaw and Dick Schaddelee at the Swain County
Chamber of Commerce; Monica Brown, Marty Martin and Misty Brooks at the
Fryemont Inn; and, especially, Chief Deputy Jackie Fortner, Swain
County Sheriff's Department.

Merci to M. Yves St. Marie, Dr. Andre Lauzon, and to all my
colleagues at the Laboratoire de Sciences Judiciaires et de Medecine
Legale; Chancellor James Woodward at the University of North
Carolina-Charlotte. Your continued support is greatly appreciated.

To Paul Reichs, for his valuable comments on the manuscript.

To my superb editors, Susanne Kirk and Lynne Drew.

And, of course, to my miracle-worker agent, Jennifer Rudolph Walsh.

My stories could not be what they are without the help of friends and
colleagues. I thank them. As always, all mistakes are of my making.

FATAL VOYAGE

ONE.

I STARED AT THE WOMAN FLYING THROUGH THE TREES. HER HEAD was forward,
chin raised, arms flung backward like the tiny chrome goddess on the
hood of a Rolls-Royce. But the tree lady was naked, and her body ended
at the waist. Blood-coated leaves and branches imprisoned her lifeless
torso.

Lowering my eyes, I looked around. Except for the narrow gravel road on
which I was parked, there was nothing but dense forest. The trees were