I'd Read So Much Right-wing

Most Of The People Who Write To Me Are Really Clever, Really Engaged. They Just Want To Say That They Have Read My Book And Liked It.

I'm Always Represented As A Bit Of A Class Warrior - A Bit Down With Men And Down With Middle-class People. Whereas I'm Actually Very Fond Of Men And Am Middle-class. I Even Went To Boarding School In Perthshire.

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

I Have Two Children. They Are More Fun Than Anything In The World, And It's More Immediate Fun Than The Hard Slog Of Writing.

I Grew Up In London Under Thatcher And That Really Was Disgusting. A Feeding Frenzy.