My fans want me to talk to them. And even if they want to be critical, I want to hear what they've got to say.

If everybody, every day, would try to do one thing that pulls them beyond themselves the world will start being a better place.

He was pushing fifty, with a face life had chewed on, and long wisps of graying hair parted low on one side and combed over his balding pate.

In the first person, the readers feel smart, like it's them solving the case.

I constantly remind people that crime isn't solved by technology; it's solved by people.

rain slowly slides down the glass as if the night is crying.

Night fell clean and cold in Dublin, and wind moaned beyond my room as if a million pipes played the air.