I Grew Up In London Under Thatcher

We Don't Really Go In For Big Family Dinners, But Scottish People Are Famously Confrontational. It's A Cultural Thing, So Maybe We Don't Need To Have Them To Clear The Air. Also, Traditional Family Food Isn't As Nice Here So There's No Payoff For Traveling Hundreds Of Miles.

Usually When I'm Trying To Establish Character, I Try And Find Out Where They Live.

Novelisation Doesn't Imply The Truth. Readers Are Sophisticated Enough To Know That.

I'd Read So Much Right-wing Crime Fiction Where They Find The Evidence And Shoot The Bad Guy - I Thought There Must Be Another Approach.

Crime Fiction Is The Fiction Of Social History. Societies Get The Crimes They Deserve.