Before She Disappeared (Frankie Elkin, #1)

by Lisa Gardner

People all over really are the same. They want to fall in love. They’re glad to survive each day. They pray their children will have a better life than they did. These truths bind us. At least I like to think so.

I feel slightly hungover, the aftereffects of lousy sleep and bad dreams. Not the first time, won’t be the last.

There’s power in humility.

“Where did you grow up?” “Foxborough.” “Is that around here?” “South of the city.

Why do men always have the best eyelashes?