Every Novel Starts With A Theme, And

If You And I Took A Walk Down A Shopping Street In Jo'burg Or Cape Town Or London, We See Two Guys Looking In A Shop Window, We Think, "oh, They're Wondering What They're Going To Buy." A Cop Looks At Them And Thinks, "why Are They Standing There? Are They Doing A Drug Deal? Are They Going To Mug Someone? Are They Going To Rob The Shop?"

A News Junkie, I Read, Daily, The 'times/sunday Times,' The 'guardian/observer,' 'mail,' And The 'argus' - Both To Keep Up With Crime In Brighton, Where I Set My Novels, And Because I Think It Is Vital To Support Local Papers - They Provide A Unique Accountability For Councils, Emergency Services And So Much Else, And Are Dangerously Undervalued.

Most Of Us Have One Big Idea At Some Point In Our Lives. That Eureka! Moment. It Comes To Us All In Different Ways, Often By Chance Of Serendipity.

My Day Starts With Radio 4's Today Live Or 'listen Again' Wherever I Am In The World, Thanks To Digital Radio - I Even Have An App On My Iphone That Receives It.

I Guess A Lot Of Police Keep Their Sanity By Developing Black Humour.