She had learned that evil had the fattest wallet and most…

“A little gift from her mother who made Linda what she was –a damn survivor.”

— Rebecca Forster

“They would drift away like people did if there was nothing to tie them down or hold them steady.”

— Rebecca Forster

“thirty-year legal career. His robes were tossed on the couch behind them. His desk served as a workstation”

— Rebecca Forster

“Now Josie knew she kept them to remind her that broken things can be mended, but there is always a scar.”

— Rebecca Forster

“Crime was like litter tossed on the highway: once it was shoved out the window the only ones who cared were the ones close…

— Rebecca Forster

“Hannah had a future if she could just settle down.”

— Rebecca Forster

“she was an army of one and was stronger than the invading force.”

— Rebecca Forster

“But love him? No. She was broken somewhere inside. She couldn’t love like other people.”

— Rebecca Forster

“It was a week ago today that Judge Rayburn died in a fire that swept through his Pacific Palisades home in the early morning…

— Rebecca Forster

“Hannah kept her eyes forward, trained on two rows of rusted showerheads stuck in facing walls. Sixteen in all. The room was paved with…

— Rebecca Forster

“He hadn't actually lied to her about anything; she had erred in her assumptions about his life. What Archer knew about Josie was what…

— Rebecca Forster

“No human being could live forever in the shadowy land of worry or carry the burden of righteousness every waking moment”

— Rebecca Forster

“All this stuff was like air: essential and expected, missed only when taken away.”

— Rebecca Forster

“Today California buried Supreme Court Justice, Fritz Rayburn. Governor Joe Davidson delivered the eulogy calling the judge a friend, a confidant, and his brother…

— Rebecca Forster

“Every time I try to play by rules I get smashed into the ground.”

— Rebecca Forster