Twenty-five years ago, I was lucky enough to be invited to Tuscany, Italy, for three weeks. My then parents-in-law had taken a beautiful rustic villa just twenty minutes outside San Gimignano for the summer and had generously invited their son and I to join them.
In many ways my novel The Hidden Hours is a classic mystery suspense
The idea for The Wife’s House came to me in a dream. I was on a walk near my house, wandering by the coast—somewhere in the world, my dream didn’t tell me where—and triplets approached me, telling me that I was living in their home.
About fifteen years ago I made a documentary for a TV series called ‘I Shouldn’t be Alive’.
“What am I supposed to do in the meantime?” Dr. McGrath rubbed his long chin, pondering this question. He had just had the misfortune of telling me I wouldn’t be realizing my dream of becoming a doctor—not yet, anyway—advising me to take some time off from my...
The eminent crime writer Lawrence Block also has written several worthwhile books about writing fiction. One of them is titled TELLING LIES FOR FUN AND PROFIT. I can vouch for the notion that writing a novel is fun, even if at times it’s frustrating. Profit—well,...
