The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer

2005

[hissing]

I’m happiest in that vague borderland between daylight and shadows; that’s where I go in search of stories to tell, particularly stories about crimes.

I used to read all kinds of books before I began writing myself, and what I noticed was that the ones that really held my attention, that made the most indelible impression on me, were the ones that were concerned with justice and punishment.

That’s the theme of most novels, one way or another; crime is the driving force of the narrative…