Even Gone With the Wind had a shocking, cold-blooded murder.

Being a Southerner, Im interested in sex, violence, religion and all the things that make life interesting.

Meg Gardiner is one of my favorite authors. She always delivers a terrific read. Phantom Instinct should go to the top of your 'to-be-read' pile.

I'm not somebody who believes in evil.

I'm afraid of the general things that everyone is afraid of: a bump in the night that could be a cat or Death dragging his sickle across the room; losing my health; becoming homeless, never meeting George Clooney.

Alafair Burke understands the criminal mind. Long Gone is both an education and an entertainment of the first order. This is a very clever and very smart novel by a very clever and smart writer. The dialogue crackles, the plot is intriguing, and the pacing is perfect.

[On men:] ... you never know what they're like until you get them home and take them out of their packages.