Christine is an arch-manipulator with a disturbing skill for drilling straight to the heart of people's weaknesses and using them to her advantage. After a damaged and abusive childhood, Christine became a coldly egotistical adult, desperate for attention and with a penchant for power games. Precociously intelligent, she bores easily and has problems with figures of authority. As a result, Christine is isolated from other people because she doesn't consider anyone worthy of her intelligence. She relishes her therapy sessions with Isaac because she likes to think she's too clever for any psychiatrist to understand, and as the case progresses and Gabriel becomes fixated on her as his prime suspect, she begins to enjoy tormenting him as well.
