The Spy Coast (The Martini Club, #1)

by Tess Gerritsen

Old age confers anonymity, which makes it the most effective disguise of all.

When you live your whole life in one town, you know all the places where tragedy has occurred, because bad memories are as permanent as gravestones.

It’s the possibility of a better outcome that screws with your mind, that breeds hope, which ultimately leads to disappointment.

Pain is a powerful spice, the other face of pleasure. Some of us crave it, just enough of it, to remind us we’re alive.

Living hard doesn’t mean dying early; sometimes it just means those hard years end up on your face.