Dow AFB (Air Force Base), portrayed in this chapter as being both active-duty and located in Bar Harbor, Maine, in neither. It was located in Bangor, Maine, 60 miles from Bar Harbor, and was de-commissioned and closed in 1968.
Bryan was a Marine with MARSOC (Marine Special Operations Command, or Marine RECON or Marine Reconnaissance)
The home where the character Luke lives was featured in several Aurora Teagarden movies on the Hallmark Channel. Benjamin Hollingsworth who plays Luke has been in several Hallmark movies.