Hello Bernard. Nearly all of the correspondence you receive is about Sharpe, Starbuck, Uhtred etc but I have just finished ‘Scoundrel’. What a flipping good read it was as well. I really love the ‘thrillers’ and this might be the best one. It was an excellent story and very prophetic. Do you remember writing it? How much research did you have to do? And did the house on the beach that was built by someone called Starbuck have a direct link to the Starbuck novels? One final question on this subject, do you think you will write any more stand alone thrillers? The final final question, will you be touring the UK when ‘Sword Song is released, and if so do you know where you’ll be going? Many thanks, Barry Evans, Doncaster, UK