So I’m preparing to talk tomorrow about PUNISHMENTS MEETING THE CRIME: Morality, Society & Justice in crime novels. Obviously am a great expert on this and am spending much time planning what to say to our moderator Steve Mosby and not worrying about what serious crime writers should wear on such serious occasions: twinset [...]

A few quick things: I went to the BBC yesterday to do some radio interviews. Actually I did more than I realised I was lined up for; luckily I was early, because I was shoved on air with literally a minute to spare – frankly it was a relief I even remembered my name [...]