I view people two ways. They're either eye-for-an-eye people or they are turn-the-cheek people.

There is nothing you can do about the past except keep it there.

No Way Back is my kind of novel - a tough, taut thriller - Mofina knows the world he writes about.

We're all seeking order. We're all seeking control.

The built-in form is a window frame. You can use this genre [crime fiction] to go where you want to go, and explore what you want to explore. In some ways it gives you a lot of freedom because you have a framework readers are looking for.

Don't go growing a conscience on me," I said. "I've been down that road. It doesn't lead you to anything good.

I went into journalism to learn the craft of writing and to get close to the world I wanted to write about - police and criminals, the criminal justice system.