2 March 2020
As a reader of thrillers and mysteries for close to my whole life, I've always been drawn to the flawed protagonist, the vulnerable hero, the amateur with a hill to climb. I do occasionally crack a book in which a mythic hero-Jack Reacher, say, or Miss Marple-saves the day by virtue of being stronger or smarter or purer than their adversaries, but I'll usually wander back into fictional realms where ordinary people find themselves in extraordinary situations.
