There are people who can achieve huge success in life, while adding a bit of fun and a splash of colour to this increasingly grey world.

I think that Brighton, for a crime writer, is almost like a character.

I like dogs. Dogs don't judge people.

The world is changing and people don't like change.

Life's not some slot machine in an arcade with a sign that flashes up saying 'I'm sorry, you have been killed. Would you like another go?' But we might get put through the same test each time, get faced with the same situations until we've learned how to cope.

There are an awful lot of readers who won't pick up a book if they think it's got anything horrific in it, or paranormal or whatever.

There's a really classic cliche every time you switch the TV on - you see cops arguing. I have spent a day a week for many years in the presence of police and I have never seen them argue. It's a military hierarchy. They do what they're told. There's no bickering.