Yep, it’s rubber-hose time, folks: a rapid-fire Q&A for those shifty-looking usual suspects ...What crime novel would you most like to have written?
THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS.
What fictional character would you most like to have been?
Shakespeare’s Henry the Fifth.
Who do you read for guilty pleasures?
Cookbooks and the obits.
Most satisfying writing moment?
First seeing my name atop the NYT bestseller list. (Though it followed James Patterson’s).
Worst / best thing about being a writer?
Worst: touring. Best: the commute. (Okay, fan mail! Actually, people checking in from my past who have read my books.)
The pitch for your next book is …?
A doctor looks into the suicide of his brother’s son, discovering it may not be a suicide after all, but the latest in a string of revenge killings for a youthful betrayal that took place forty years ago.
Who are you reading right now?
Stieg Larsson 2, HELTER SKELTER on Manson (for work), latest Linwood Barclay.
God appears and says you can only write OR read. Which would it be?
Hands down - I’d write.
The three best words to describe your own writing are …?
Pace, reversals, heart.
Andrew Gross’s RECKLESS is published by William Morrow.
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