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“The river didn't look like death.
It surprised him. He was expecting something that matched the feeling, something black and churning and full of teeth, but he found only water moving in the dark, catching the distant sprinkle of lights, throwing them back in pieces. Almost pretty.' From The Brink.
'“Mrs Calloway, my name is Diane Marsh, I'm a coroner's officer, I'm so sorry for your loss, I wonder if I might come and see you.”
People always said yes. In the days immediately after a death, people were, operating on a kind of automatic cooperation, the grief running on the fuel of doing what was asked of them, and Diane had learned to use this carefully and without exploitation, which was a distinction she took seriously.' From When Secrets Break.”
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It surprised him. He was expecting something that matched the feeling, something black and churning and full of teeth, but he found only water moving in the dark, catching the distant sprinkle of lights, throwing them back in pieces. Almost pretty.' From The Brink.
'“Mrs Calloway, my name is Diane Marsh, I'm a coroner's officer, I'm so sorry for your loss, I wonder if I might come and see you.”
People always said yes. In the days immediately after a death, people were, operating on a kind of automatic cooperation, the grief running on the fuel of doing what was asked of them, and Diane had learned to use this carefully and without exploitation, which was a distinction she took seriously.' From When Secrets Break.”
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