Erin Young > Quotes

“He'd seen other detectives, over the years, pushed into a hole of horror by some monster that lurked out of reach. Part of them still trapped down there, even after they retired. Haunted by victims they hadn't been able to save, shattered lives in their rearview like wrecks on a highway. He'd been determined he wouldn't be like them. Assured himself he was good at his job, good at compartmentalizing. But these past months - his boss's breath hot on his neck and the feverish media coverage this investigation had been compelling him, inch by inch, toward that dark edge.”
― Erin Young, Original Sins