You think publishing is tough but the music world is ten times tougher.

The best way to learn about writing is to study the work of other writers you admire.

For me a thriller is a very carefully structured story.

The outline is 95 percent of the book. Then I sit down and write, and that's the easy part.

Throat clutching from the outset! The Never List stands as a sterling example of psychological thriller writing at its best. Cancel appointments and give up on sleep. It's that kind of book.

Hardcover books are fairly expensive these days and to read one requires a significant commitment of time in our busy society. So I want to make sure that when readers buy one of my books they get something they're familiar with.

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