They (the publishers) would be ecstatic, I just refuse to. You can't repeat a great act.

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I wanted it (the book) to set my cop a very difficult task, which is to find out `whodunit' without any of the modern aids of DNA testing and the like.

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I lived in the US for donkeys' years so it has been a journey back in time for me. If you have had personal experience of something, it is always more authentic.

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It is one of the biggest, best sellers of all time.

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There is no doubt that it is more difficult to read and more difficult to write but I still manage.

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It means I don't have much depth of vision.

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