Magpie Murders (Susan Ryeland #1)

by Anthony Horowitz

But I’m not sure it actually matters what we read. Our lives continue along the straight lines that have been set out for us. Fiction merely allows us a glimpse of the alternative. Maybe that’s one of the reasons we enjoy it.

I called myself an editor but I was blind to the truth even when it was right there in front of my eyes.

Just like the patterns in his books—there’s so much more to reveal that skimming can’t absorb