As usual, Gideon Oliver needed plenty of help getting into and out of trouble.
Marcus Walkinshaw, M.D., Elan Plastic Surgery Center, Seattle, Mardie Lane, Supervisory Park Ranger, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, and Steve E. Studhalter, Special Agent, Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division, were all very generous in sharing their expertise.
On the forensic side, Professor Charles F Merbs of Arizona State University dipped into his case file to come up with some intriguing tidbits about the human capitulum fibulae, and Dr. Arthur Washburn, adjunct faculty, Temple University and the University of Delaware, was invaluable in helping me get rid of the body (so to speak).
On-site research on various French matters was conducted by my friend Astri Baillargeon.
And finally, my thanks to Peter Larsen, Master Roaster, Seattle's Best Coffee, and Misha Sperka, Farmer-Owner, Old Hawaii Coffee Farm, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, for inviting me behind the scenes of the fragrant and fascinating world of coffee-growing and production.