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WRITER (not) UNMASKED

Before the virus took hold, or at least before we realised quite how much of a hold it had, I was asked by one of the international banks here in Spain to give a talk to their clients.

I was delighted to accept. The brief was to chat about the writing process, from getting the initial ideas and going on to establish the what, where, how and why of the crime, through all the

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