After a month, they begin to appear: the names I do not know. The people who--on Goodreads or Amazon--have liked and rated my book, but are not my friends, nor the friends of friends, nor fellow barflies, nor former colleagues, nor students from Wehrle or DeSales. Oh, Heather Ann, Holly Bostick, Thi Nguyen, what strange journey brought you to Big Sleep City? I want to know ... and yet--somehow--I prefer that you remain a mystery.