Talking of the local Sheriff, Jake Valentine, tall and skinny and his wife Myra, "She was a short woman, maybe five feet tall in her socks, the top of her head not quite reaching Jake's chest. What she lacked in height she made up for in girth. Jeffrey guessed she was at least a hundred pounds overweight. Standing side by side, the Valentines looked like the living embodiment of the number ten.
Karin SlaughterUltimately, I'm in control of what's going on in the books, so I can back off, if it's scaring me too much.
Karin SlaughterPeople just make stupid mistakes. And they keep making them and keep making them, and suddenly they can't dig themselves out.
Karin SlaughterI'm sold as a literary writer in Holland; I'm sold as crime fiction in England. I think of it as just literature.
Karin SlaughterReading develops cognitive skills. It trains our minds to think critically and to question what you are told. This is why dictators censor or ban books. It's why it was illegal to teach slaves to read. It's why girls in developing countries have acid thrown in their faces when they walk to school.
Karin Slaughter