Murder mysteries are puzzles that are fun to resolve.

One of the surprising things I hadn't expected when I decided to write crime fiction is how much you are expected to be out in front of the public. Some writers aren't comfortable with that. I don't have a problem with that.

I do interviews and signings and readings and all of these people just hang off my every word. And then I go home and have dinner with my family and nobody lets me get a word in.

At first I probably seem very abrupt, but I like efficiency. There's work and there's play, and I always think: 'Let's get the work over with so we can thoroughly enjoy the play.

I work with the dead, but I am working for the living.

Death in anonymity is the ultimate insult to human dignity.

I tend to watch a lot of movies at home. It's nice to be close to the refrigerator with my pyjamas on and just relax.