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?
SILENT JOE by T. Jefferson Parker, or THE CHOIRBOYS by Joseph Wambaugh.
What fictional character would you most like to have been?
Jim Rockford in The Rockford Files.
Who do you read for guilty pleasures?
I don’t read for guilty pleasure. I try to read novelists I can learn from.
Most satisfying writing moment?
The start of each day.
The best Irish crime novel is …?
I truthfully haven’t read much Irish crime fiction, but I do read and admire, Michael Connelly and Dennis Lehane – both of Irish American descent.
What Irish crime novel would make a great movie?
I thought the film adaptation of Lehane’s MYSTIC RIVER was terrific.
Worst / best thing about being a writer?
You get to keep your own hours.
The pitch for your next book is …?
Shane Scully is called upon to be a pallbearer and along with his five rail-mates, ends up proving that the death of their great friend inside the box was not a suicide, but a murder.
Who are you reading right now?
THE GATE HOUSE by Nelson DeMille.
God appears and says you can only write OR read. Which would it be?
Write. But if I couldn’t proof-read what I wrote, it might not be too good.
The three best words to describe your own writing are …?
Page turning fiction.
Stephen J. Cannell’s ON THE GRIND is available now
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