Ah, Bernard, just love your message. God help us, it is just typical of the public wanting a piece of your shirt, your mind, your energy. I write now, after reading your works for years, because I noticed some books do not mention the thrillers, and I was halfway through Stonehenge when I got the dreadful feeling that you did not write Wildtrack or Stormchild after all, though as it was midnight on a freezing cold night I pressed on with reading rather than jumping onto the net. Well, of course you have that honour and I must say even a small mention of the sea in any of the books presents with such authority that I shake my head in shame that I doubted you at all. Well, my old friend, for that is how I know you, I thank you for the many years of adventure I have enjoyed within the covers with much more to come. I notice that Michael Joseph mentions the thrillers but HarperCollins does not. Interesting. And I must say that you have taken up the banner beautifully from James Clavell who declared that to be a successful writer the reader must want to the turn the page… yes yes yes. Cheers Roberta