I'm not somebody who believes in evil.

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

I grew up reading crime fiction and, especially in the '80s, women were just there to be saved or screwed.

Books are not like albums, where you can simply download and enjoy your favorite chapter and ignore the rest.

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.

People just make stupid mistakes. And they keep making them and keep making them, and suddenly they can't dig themselves out.