40 Words for Sorrow is brilliant-one of the finest crime novels I've ever read. Giles Blunt writes with uncommon grace, style and compassion and he plots like a demon. This book has it all-unforgettable characters, beautiful language, throat-constricting suspense.

Without sounding pompous, I really do feel that I have a set of standards that I must adhere to, even leaving aside considerations of what the readers expect.

Optimism is denial for chumps with no life experience". "What's pessimism?" I said. "Religion without God.

Therapist’s dilemma: those who need help the most, run the farthest from it.

All of us are like locks. No matter how strong the bolt, there’s always a key out there that opens it.

To trust someone is to take the greatest risk of all. (180)

I don't practice, but I am still officially in paediatrics. I keep in touch with journals, and I have a very good data bank of medical information and there is a key thing for a writer knowing where to go. I know where to go to get the information that I need.