People want to avoid the past. I suppose that's natural. When we tally up all we've said and done over the years, despite the wonderful memories, the regrets may be fewer but stand out more prominently, glowing coals that we can never quite extinguish, try though we might

Trying to write books with a subject matter or in a genre or style you're not familiar with is the best way to find the Big Block looming.

Sometimes you can't be what you ought to be, you can't have what you ought to have.

Ideally, I like to integrate the human issues into the suspense story itself.

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.

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. When I find myself frozen-whether I'm working on a brief passage in a novel or brainstorming about an entire book-it's usually because I'm trying to shoehorn an idea into the passage or story where it has no place.