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

Once you've started down that road to self-discovery, no matter how treacherous the path before you, you can't turn back. The universe doesn't allow it.

The Universe doesn't like secrets. It conspires to reveal the truth, to lead you to it.

In the end, I cared about him so much that I just thought he deserved someone who loved him more than I did.

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.

Isn't it funny how the people least impacted by tragedy are the most eager to move on?

We can't hold on to anyone or anything, you know. We lose everything except that which we carry within us.