Music is an important part of my writing process.

Brighton has two universities. It's got a massive young, middle-class community, and the largest gay community in the UK. The result of which is a huge recreational drug market. It's the favoured place to live in the UK for first division criminals.

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.

I like dogs. Dogs don't judge people.

Almost every officer is going to put their life on the line at some point in their career.

Every novel starts with a theme, and I am constantly looking for big ideas.

I've always been much more scared of the living than I am of the dead.