Yesterday somebody from my local newspaper phoned me up to ask about my latest book. It was a bit out of the blue as they’d expressed an interest in late October when ‘Fracture’ was released but I hadn’t heard anything since. I’d just got back from a very wet dog walk and wasn’t really prepared to talk at length about my writing but the person on the other end of the phone put me at ease and we chatted for a while. He was keen to know where I get my ideas from and was espe