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416 pages, Hardcover
First published January 16, 2018
“A girl from Pittsburgh came to Ellingham Academy and she wanted to see a dead body. She got her wish.”
“Schools may be famous for many things: academics, graduates, sports teams. They are not supposed to be famous for murders.”
“When you have enough power and money, you can dictate the meanings of words.”
"One of the worst things is when witnesses start talking to each other. As soon as you start talking to someone else, the story you have in your head changes. Human memory is rewritten like computer memory. You just get the most updated file."
“Writing is a lot of sitting down... It's a lot of trying things out and screwing up... It's either amazing or it's the worst thing in the world. Sometimes it goes well, and it's all you think about, and then, it's gone. It's like you're taking a ride down a river really fast, and then all of a sudden, there's no water. You're just sitting in a raft, trying to push it along in the mud. And then you've become me."
"What you lack in any investigation is time. With every passing hour, evidence slips away. Crime scenes are compromised by people and the elements. Things are moved, altered, smeared, shifted. Organisms rot. Wind blows dust and contaminants. Memories change and fade. As you move away from the event, you move away from the solution."
“There is something about early mornings that changes your perceptions subtly. The light is new; no one has put on the defences of the day. All is reset and not quite real yet.”
“Sherlock said, “I consider that a man’s brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose.”
“When you have enough power and money, you can dictate the meanings of words.”
“Stevie had no fears of the dead. The living, however, sometimes gave her the creeps.”