She believed not in divine salvation but in the proposition that we poor mortals are fully capable of saving ourselves, if conditions and inclinations are right, and the evidence of this potential is found in the smallest of gestures, like the uncertain resting of a large hand on a bony shoulder.

Six Seconds is a great read. Echoing Ludlum and Forsythe, author Mofina has penned a big, solid international thriller that grabs your gut -- and your heart -- in the opening scenes and never lets go.

In suspense novels even subplots about relationships have to have conflict.

Robert Rotenberg does for Toronto what Ian Rankin does for Edinburgh.

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

Too much screaming in Congress. Too much screaming everywhere.

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