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….

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

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….

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

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..

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….

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

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..

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..

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

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..

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….

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 ….

There are an awful lot of readers who won't pick up a book if they think it's got anything horrific in it, or paranormal or whatever..

Drafting is like painting the Golden Gate Bridge.The closer you get to the end, the more you start to worry about the beginning..

I think that Brighton, for a crime writer, is almost like a character..

Brighton is a beautiful seaside city, but it's got a dark underbelly..

Obviously I don't have whatever it is you need to be a successful writer..

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, wh….

What Brighton's got is a major sea port on either side, good for importing drugs, great for exporting cash, stolen cars, stolen antiques. It's got th….