“Men were stupid to forget what good sleuths women could be.”

“Men were stupid to forget what good sleuths women could be.”

“I have a darker imagination than most people.”

“I'm married. And pregnant.”

“Men were stupid to forget what good sleuths women could be.”

“The thing Lady didn't get, or the thing she'd forgotten, was that being a child was painful too. She was so wrapped up in losing Seth, the treacheries of him growing up, that she couldn't remember what it felt like to be on the other side. The burden of that. Sure, Seth had left her womb and never returned, but he was the one who had to do the leaving.”