The key to thrillers is vicarious pleasure.

I wanted readers to be genuinely unsure as to whether she's telling the truth or lying. It meant making her partly sympathetic, and partly unsympathetic, which wasn't easy.

It gives me some kind of chance to survive the night." "How are those better odds? If you come back with me, you're guaranteed to survive the night." "No," Reacher said. "If I come back with you, I'm guaranteed to die of shame.

I don't care about the little guy. I just hate the big guy. I hate big smug people who think they can get away with things.

The first day of the rest of my life.

A handgun at two hundred feet is the same thing as crossing your fingers and making a wish.

LA has a fantastic car scene and because the climate is so gentle, cars can last forever.