Everyone had a reason for everything they did, even if that reason was sometimes stupidity.

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.

I've always been drawn to historical fiction.

I'm sold as a literary writer in Holland; I'm sold as crime fiction in England. I think of it as just literature.

I think that people do things for a reason - that we have mental illness, that we have genetic wiring that can get triggered by certain environmental factors.

Long Gone is the type of book that should come with a warning. It’s a compulsively readable, highly addictive story. The ending will leave you breathless.

You didn't realize what was passing you by until you slowed down a little bit to get a better look.