Is it difficult coming up with innovative types of crimes in such long-running series?
AP: Isn’t it difficult coming up with innovative crimes? Yes! It is one of the hardest things of all There are very few believable reasons why anyone would kill, and I find simple greed very boring — complicated greed for subtle reason can be OK. Simple insanity does not work for me either, so the answer is definitely yes! CND: Remote and lovely Scotland is your home. How have you done your research before, and now after, the Internet? AP: Yes, the Internet does help a lot, most particularly for specifics — dates, recipes, biographies etc. It is still good to have books, and in the case of the WW1 videos, DVDs. For some things i.e. trenches in Flanders, it is best to go there as well. CND: From having lived on this side of the “pond” years ago, and excepting political matters, what do you like the best about the United States? The least? AP: What do I like best about America? Easy — your enthusiasm. You are all genuinely warm-hearted and hospitable people, really ready to tackle alm
