What life gives us, good or bad, we seldom deserve.

Michael Koryta isn’t just one of the finest authors working in the crime genre today. He’s simply one of today’s finest authors, period. His stories are taut, compelling, and beautifully rendered. His understanding of human nature-the good, the evil, and all the gray between-is masterful. THOSE WHO WISH ME DEAD is Koryta at his best.

What life gives us, good or bad, we seldom deserve.

Nicole Baart has written a novel that satisfies on every level. Sleeping In Eden is a compelling mystery, a tragic love story, a perceptive consideration of the callous whim of circumstance and, perhaps most important, a beautiful piece of prose. I guarantee this is a book that will haunt you long after you've turned the last page.

I used to ask for an easy life, now I ask to be strong.

The miracle is this: that you will rise in the morning and be able to see again the startling beauty of the day.

I was a sinner. I knew that without a doubt. But I was not alone. And the night was the accomplice of us all.