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Though we fiction writers at times like to cast a bit of a bad light on the occasional character representing law enforcement within the pages of our stories, it is no reflection on those outstanding folks in real life who serve. We would be lost without you.

Since we patronize Rite Aid here at home, I called the pharmacist at the Camden store. I explained the situation, and the pharmacist made my daughter an appointment with a local physician within the hour. That is old-fashioned neighborliness at its finest.

The village of Youngstown in this book is somewhat of a collage of the lovely villages we frequented: Camden, Rockport, and Rockland. I borrowed many of the street names and the Chapel of the Innocents, as well as the enthralling cemeteries.

From Acknowledgments:

While we were there, we learned many things about the folks who populate the proud state of Maine. Hardworking, enduring ... but most of all, caring about others as well as about this planet. The atmosphere was steeped in tradition and history. Exploring homes dating back to the early 1700s was utterly fascinating.

The truth is what it is, but sometimes it was not what it seemed.

For Sarah, the truth was, it was time to get over the past and make herself a future.

A serial killer is never truly random. There is always a distinctly similar motive driven by his compulsion.

I needed to satisfy the urge, but I didn't want to eliminate anyone who contributed to society. You never know when someone might turn out to be the one who invents the cure for cancer or who turns around global warming.

As much as she had no desire to spend the rest of her life in prison, she had a greater desire not to spend eternity in Hell.

"Is that a no?"

Fury blasted her nerve endings. "That's the mother of all no's, Conner."

No one was immune to fear.

Sarah's entire genetic makeup, all that she was, had resulted from the combination of deceit, uncontrollable urges, and lies.

if the trigger for one or more of those bad traits - and all addicts had triggers for their vices - was ever tripped, would there be any turning back?