The Short Drop (Gibson Vaughn, #1)

by Matthew FitzSimmons

Time was the great leveler, and neither money nor power held sway over its relentless march.

Most people were overawed by time. They allowed time to bully them, fearing that it was passing too fast or too slowly, sometimes both simultaneously.

An eternal truth of the human condition was that no one ever thought they were evil. No matter how reprehensible their actions, people always convinced themselves they were justified.