My favorite part of writing a book is thinking up the ideas, and that can start a long time before I actually sit down at my desk.

Sometimes it's the tiniest things that can mean the difference between life and death.

My favorite part of writing a book is thinking up the ideas, and that can start a long time before I actually sit down at my desk.

You must have been going very fast." "I was, until I hit the fence.

The CIA agent looked more dead than alive. Alex wondered if he had been hit, but there was no sign of any blood. Perhaps he was in shock.

There are many things in life that cannot be explained.

But then, he thought, most politicians are small and shabby, the sort of people who have been bullied at school. That's why they become politicians.