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..

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 hu….

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..

Most good police officers are very open-minded. The bad ones are the ones who are close-minded..

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 w….

I think the police are a major part of the glue that holds civilised life together. They're not highly paid..

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

There's a difference between what I call a dumb ghost and a smart ghost. The smart ghost is Hamlet's father - you know, he says, "Get revenge, my son….

I get asked to read new works a lot, in the hope that I will give a quotation and I will only give a 'puff' for a book I truly love..

Death is just nature's way of making room for the less experienced..

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

Police do get obsessed with solving crimes. You know, particularly if there's been a murder, it becomes personal for the police officer very quickly,….

Branson ate his salad, and left the rest of his fish untouched, while Grace tucked into his steak and kidney pudding with relish. 'I read a while ago….

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

Music is an important part of my writing process..

The biggest qualification to be a good police officer is to have a high degree of emotional intelligence..

I travel abroad constantly on book promotion and research, and the Internet is invaluable to me for accessing U.K. news in places such as America, wh….

Sometimes the body gets out of bed an hour before the brain..

There's no question that ghosts exist. The big question for me is whether ghosts are simply electronic imprints left in the walls or the atmosphere o….

Women are afraid of walking at night, that someone pulls them into an alley and rapes them. That almost never happens. I mean, 98% of people who are ….

We're full of electricity, and the walls and floor of a building contain carbon - the same makeup as a video tape - and I think we give off a huge am….