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The Way To Write A Thriller Is To Ask A Question At The Beginning, And Answer It At The End.

They Found Out About Him In July And Stayed Angry All Through August. They Tried To Kill Him In September. It Was Way Too Soon. They Weren't Ready. The Attempt Was A Failure. It Could Have Been A Disaster, But It Was Actually A Miracle. Because Nobody Noticed.

I Grew Up In Birmingham, Where They Made Useful Things And Made Them Well.

A Handgun At Two Hundred Feet Is The Same Thing As Crossing Your Fingers And Making A Wish.

So, How To Stay Inside The World Of Entertainment Without Actually Getting Another Job? I Felt The Only Logical Answer Was To Become A Novelist. So I Wrote The First Book - Driven By Some Very Real Feelings Of Desperation - And It Worked.