Generally my typical books have lots of twists and turns a big surprise ending and then usually another surprise at the end and ideally, as in Garden of Beasts, we get to the very end and we find at the last few pages that there's yet another surprise.

Collins masterfully blends fact and fiction...transcends the historical thriller.

I liked the challenge of writing in a very concise structure in which both meaning and form are important.

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.

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

I've often said that there's no such thing as writer's block, the problem is idea block

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.