Have enjoyed your current books, and am also enjoying your earlier works. The plot line in Stormchild regarding a daughter murdering her mother and attempted murdering her father, seems a bit far fetched. As you do extensive research did you find any basis for the plot? It seems to me environmentalists would be the last people I would expect to resort to murder for profit. The daughter is one of your most ruthless characters without any explanation – other than blaming her father for her twins death. It just seems to leave a certain unexplained flaw in accepting the plot. Although, I did enjoy the book.   Hope you will write some more – as you say when you retire – of these very enjoyable books. Have started Sea Lord and will try to get the other two.  Appreciate your talent.   Thanks,

David Alexander