Its funny how you can let yourself forget for seconds, how even in the heat of the horrible, you can have moments when you fool yourself into thinking it might all be okay

That's what a good crime novelist - any good novelist - should do with you: play with your perceptions while showing you everything in plain sight.

"So basically, that entire theory is blown to hell."Not basically," Win corrected. "Entirely."

What I love about the thriller form is that it makes you write a story. You can't get lost in your own genius, which is a dangerous place for writers. You don't want to ever get complacent. If a book starts going too well, I usually know there's a problem. I need to struggle. I need that self-doubt. I need to think it's not the best thing ever.

For a short time, I hated them. But when you think about it, what good does that do?It takes so much to hold on to hate—you lose your grip on what's important, you know?

Memories, you see, hurt. The good ones most of all.

This was a place where tattoos outnumbered teeth.