Much like how we inhabit the mind of a serial killer in Dorothy B. Hughes' novel IN A LONELY PLACE,  Gresham pulls us into the inner sanctum of a ruthless con.

For Louki, the marital home was a neutral zone simply disguised as a fixed point, making the empty existence all the more unbearable.

. . . it isn’t just about eroticism, power, and pleasure. It’s about intimacy.