Hi Bernard, Big fan of your books! A couple of questions. 1. Do you write your book in the order the story finally appears in or do you for example, write what will be the first chapter and may be some of the second but then for various reasons write chapter five and six and then go back to write chapter three and four?? Or are you strictly one chapter after another til you hit the end.

2. I observe that often your plots are reasonably straight forward. That is not a criticism, merely an observation. Have you any advice on plot complexity. I think it may be that a straight forward plot can be more believable while complexity with double crosses, outrageous endings etc can stretch credibility but Id be interested in your take on it?

3. Finally I was advised a couple of years back about the importance of being able to write the silence. That is, trusting and letting the reader figure out/interpret a lot of things for themselves. Would you agree and how do you manage it?? Thanks a lot Bernard, Willie from Ireland