Certainly going back to Sherlock Holmes we have a tradition of forensic science featured in detective stories.

Certainly going back to Sherlock Holmes we have a tradition of forensic science featured in detective stories.

In other words, the people who populate my books are more than caricatures.

I also try very hard to create characters - both heroes and villains - with psychological depth.

I've worked for law firms, I've worked for corporations, and for the past 20 years, I've been writing working for myself, and believe me it's a lot better. That's a big part of the James Bond panache, that you're responsible, 100 percent responsible, for the success or failure of your mission in life, whatever it is.

Breathtakingly real and utterly compelling, Immoral dishes up page-turning psychological suspense while treating us lucky readers to some of the most literate and stylish writing you'll find anywhere today.

In general, I think, less is more, and that if a reader stops reading because a book is too icky then I've failed in my obligation to the readers.