In the Clearing (Tracy Crosswhite, #3)

by Robert Dugoni

The one consistent thing about psychopaths was their ego. They never imagined getting caught because they believed they were smarter than everyone.

One of the hardest things about getting older is losing that naïveté that allows us all to believe in myths and fantasies, having it replaced by harsh reality. We don’t want to believe our parents aren’t perfect, some far from it.”