The kind of issues that we face as detectives are similar to what the other married couples out there are facing, or the brother and sister, or the brother and brother are facing. Relationships are universal.
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If there was one overarching theme to 'True Detective,' I would say it was that, as human beings, we are nothing but the stories we live and die by - so you'd better be careful what stories you tell yourself.
When I was growing up, my stepmother's sister was the chief detective in one of the adjoining towns, so she piqued my interest in crime.
People are fascinated by the darker sides of human nature, and I think they're also interested in seeing the ability that a particular detective or group of detectives might have to solve the crime and put the world right again.
The thing I don't like about detective stories is looking for criminals.
In a mystery, the sleuth must be believably involved and emotionally invested in solving the crime.
Sibling relationships figure in a lot of my books. You don't often see relationships between adult siblings explored in fiction.
You're right on the money with that. We're all like detectives in life. There's something at the end of the trail that we're all looking for.
In ordinary detective novels you never see the consequences of what happens in a story in the next book. That you do in mine.
A really good detective never gets married.
I know what kind of things I myself have been irritated by in detective stories. They are often about one or two persons, but they don't describe anything in the society outside.