The dead are notoriously unreliable when it comes to standards of behavior,” I said. “Particularly murder victims. They have no sense of decorum at all.

You’ve faced horrors in these past weeks... I don’t know which is worse. The terror you feel the first time you witness such things, or the numbness that comes after it starts to become ordinary.

TRIGGER CITY secures Sean Chercover’s place as one of the best crime writers of his generation. It grabs you hard on the first page and doesn’t let go, even after you’ve closed the book.

As anyone who has struggled with insomnia knows, trying to force sleep is at best a hopeless business. Slumber is unimpressed by suitors.

That’s the trouble with grand passions, of course. You can never entirely cleanse yourself of them. It’s best to avoid them altogether.

The Heretic Queen is historical fiction at its best. Michelle Moran seamlessly incorporates accurate details into a story full of suspense, intrigue, and tenderness that’s impossible to put down until you’ve reached the last page. An absolute triumph!

Oh, I don’t read. I skulk about in search of quotations that might make me appear educated.

It’s delicious to have people adore you, but it’s exhausting, too. Particularly when your own feelings don’t match theirs.

Oh, I don't read. I skulk about in search of quotations that might make me appear educated.

TRIGGER CITY secures Sean Chercover's place as one of the best crime writers of his generation. It grabs you hard on the first page and doesn’t let go, even after you’ve closed the book.