People with children and people with their own business always pick up a ringing phone.

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

I was editor of my high school literary magazine and a reporter for the school newspaper.

My books are primarily plot driven but the best plot in the world is useless if you don't populate them with characters that readers can care about.

We have years to converse with someone, to blurt and rant, to explain our desires and anger and regrets - and oh how we squander those moments.

When it comes time to write the book itself I'll shut the lights out, picture the scene I'm about to write then close my eyes and go at it. Yes, I can touch type.

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