What did I see?
-- Narrator (Prologue)

Importance: Twelve months following Kim's disappearance, Falk remains haunted by the events surrounding the case. This line replays in his mind as he desperately tries to access memories surrounding the mystery that he knows have been distorted by time. The line introduces the author's overarching and subtextual explorations regarding expectation, perception, and memory.

The little things you could have done differently, that was the stuff that haunted you.
-- Narrator (chapter 1)

Importance: Returning to Marralee a year after Kim Gillespie disappeared forces Falk's mind into the past. The place physically and psychologically compels him into confrontation with the events of the preceding year. Because Falk failed to help solve the case, he feels haunted by its prevailing mysteries. This line from Falk's drive into Marralee contributes to the author's explorations concerning memory and the past, the expected and unexpected.

Memories were fragile and fluid and prone to error and embellishment.
-- Narrator (chapter 2)

Importance: Shortly...