In a crime novel, if you are going to have a big revelation in chapter 30, you have to plant the information in chapters three and 11. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes big chapter crime
What surprised me most while writing 'The Monogram Murders' was that everything I needed seemed to arrive in my head exactly when I needed it. Sophie Hannah arriveheadmonogram Change image and share on social
Some writers, I'm told, look for their characters' surnames in telephone directories. I don't - it seems too obvious. Or too deliberate: if you go looking for names, you're bound to find them, of course, but I've always had a superstitious hunch that the names you find by accident are always going to be better and more satisfying somehow. Sophie Hannah accidentbindcharacter share on social
I've got lots of favourite authors, but I would say Nicci French because I look more forward to reading her next new book than any other author. Sophie Hannah authorbookfavourite Change image and share on social
I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones. Jonathan Tropper 80sactionbad Change image and share on social
The judge said I was a menace to society because I had put crime on a scientific basis. Gregory Corso basiscrimejudge Change image and share on social
The best way to get a sense of what kinds of emergencies might present themselves in your community is by contacting local chapters of the American Red Cross or offices of emergency management in the region or state. Most large cities will have their own offices of emergency management. Irwin Redlener americanchaptercity share on social