“Thirty years ago, people could disappear into America and reinvent themselves. Now it took meticulous planning and a commitment never to reach out to your old life. For most, the lure of the Internet proved too great to resist—the urge… — Matthew FitzSimmons Copy Share Image
“Do you know what China is?” Ogden asked. “It’s the Soviet Union on steroids. It’s Russia with a world-class economy and ten times the… — Matthew FitzSimmons Copy Share Image
“The first break in the case came on day six. A college student named Beatrice Arnold called the FBI hotline to report she’d sold Suzanne Lombard snacks at the gas station where she worked in Breezewood, Pennsylvania. “The Breezewood tape caused a seismic shift in the investigation and completely scrambled the assumptions of law enforcement. Suzanne Lombard hadn’t been snatched;… — Matthew FitzSimmons Copy Share
“The problem with Insanity was how incredibly sane it felt. He bit his tongue and said nothing to the smirking ghost of his father.” — Matthew Fitzsimmons Copy Share Image
“Albert Camus’s The Stranger, which he’d found revelatory at nineteen. An ancient copy of Don DeLillo’s Great Jones Street had been a” — Matthew FitzSimmons Copy Share Image
“What’s their name for Echo?” “Zhenniao.” “English, Ogden.” “Poisonfeather.” — Matthew FitzSimmons Copy Share Image
“Thirty years ago, people could disappear into America and reinvent themselves. Now it took meticulous planning and a commitment never to reach out to… — Matthew FitzSimmons Copy Share Image
“even when it was no one’s fault, it was always someone’s fault. The” — Matthew FitzSimmons Copy Share Image
