TRIGGER CITY secures Sean Chercover's place as one of the best crime writers of his generation. It grabs you hard on the first page and doesn’t let go, even after you’ve closed the book.

You do know, I hope, that no man under the age of forty can even approach fascinating.

At least as a single woman, I had time to pursue my own interests, read voraciously, and travel when opportunity presented.

You've faced horrors in these past weeks... I don't know which is worse. The terror you feel the first time you witness such things, or the numbness that comes after it starts to become ordinary.

It's delicious to have people adore you, but it's exhausting, too. Particularly when your own feelings don't match theirs.

Oh, I don't read. I skulk about in search of quotations that might make me appear educated.

The Heretic Queen is historical fiction at its best. Michelle Moran seamlessly incorporates accurate details into a story full of suspense, intrigue, and tenderness that's impossible to put down until you've reached the last page. An absolute triumph!