339 Quotes by Karin Slaughter

Like every Southern writer, I thought that I needed to write the next Gone With the Wind.

Talking of the local Sheriff, Jake Valentine, tall and skinny and his wife Myra, "She was a short woman, maybe five feet tall in her socks, the top of her head not quite reaching Jake's chest. What she lacked in height she made up for in girth. Jeffrey guessed she was at least a hundred pounds overweight. Standing side by side, the Valentines looked like the living embodiment of the number ten.

Long Gone is the type of book that should come with a warning. It’s a compulsively readable, highly addictive story. The ending will leave you breathless.

Usually, guys, when something bad happens, they punish someone else.

Alafair Burke understands the criminal mind. Long Gone is both an education and an entertainment of the first order. This is a very clever and very smart novel by a very clever and smart writer. The dialogue crackles, the plot is intriguing, and the pacing is perfect.

Meg Gardiner is one of my favorite authors. She always delivers a terrific read. Phantom Instinct should go to the top of your 'to-be-read' pile.

You can only make decisions with the information you have at the time

People just make stupid mistakes. And they keep making them and keep making them, and suddenly they can't dig themselves out.

sexual predators were like cockroaches. For every one you saw, there were twenty more hiding behind the walls.