“For her, people in general were a plus, a source of positive stimulation (with exceptions such as the predatory Sonya Reynolds). For Gurney, people in general were a minus, a drain on his energy (with exception such as the encouraging… — John Verdon Copy Share Image
“Whatever it was that had drawn him to police work, that had wed him to the job for so many years, it surely wasn't… — John Verdon Copy Share Image
“The truth was that a complex murder case attracted his attention and curiosity like nothing else on earth. He could make up reasons for… — John Verdon Copy Share Image
“He knew how isolated he could become and hardly notice it was happening. How relationships could slip away like smoke in the breeze. How… — John Verdon Copy Share Image
“It was a curious thing about the past--how it lay in wait for you, quietly, invisibly, almost as though it weren't there. You might… — John Verdon Copy Share Image
“It's not the victim who wakes up to a half-empty bed, a half-empty house.He isn't the one who dreams that he's stiilla live, only… — John Verdon Copy Share Image
“The person I think I am is terrified of the person I really am, terrified of what others would think of that person. What… — John Verdon Copy Share Image
The stories people tell you about themselves seem to retain the possibility of being false. But what you discover about them by yourself seems… — John Verdon Copy Share Image
“...but grief, he'd discovered, was not an experience you went through once and then 'moved on' (as the idiotic popular phrase would have it).… — John Verdon Copy Share Image
“Hardwick was showing the frustration of a man trying to hold his groceries inside a ripped bag.” — John Verdon Copy Share Image
“He was all too aware of how one's perceptions can start lining up to support a particular conclusion. Once a pattern begins to take… — John Verdon Copy Share Image
The worst pain in our lives comes from the mistakes we refuse to acknowledge--the things we've done that are so our of harmony with… — John Verdon Copy Share Image
“But how could he stop being what he was? However much he cared for her, however much he wanted to be with her, however… — John Verdon Copy Share Image
“This case is complex. It's got layers to it, Davey. It's a fucking onion... You're a natural-born onion peeler -- the best that ever… — John Verdon Copy Share Image
“Sexual energy in general has tremendous power, the power to concentrate one's attention like nothing else, to become the sole reality, to warp judgement,… — John Verdon Copy Share Image
