I Write Thrillers. I Never Saw the Plot Twist Coming In My Own Marriage.

The author and Georgie in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, in 2025

I have always prided myself on having a sixth sense for deception, an ability to spot the lie buried in the casual comment or the discrepancy in a story that exposed what someone is working to hide. I figured that’s what made me a great thriller writer. 

In 16 books published over 25 years, I’d been constructing elaborate plots where people led double lives and hid horrible truths with both blatant lies and simple misdirection.