Bored people looked for drama and caused trouble.

Motherhood was an ever widening circle of good-byes.

There have been plenty of chances to close my eyes and go back to the sleep of my life as it was, but I hadn't taken any of them. Do I wish now that I had? It's hard to answer that question, as the wraiths move closer.

Alafair Burke is one of the finest young crime writers working today.

Judgment is such a useful shield, isn't it? We can hide behind it, rise above others on its crest, keep ourselves safe and separate.

The truth has not so much set us free as it has ripped away a carefully constructed facade, leaving us naked to begin again.

The woman I was seems hopelessly naive. I envy her.