Over the years, I’ve interviewed the victims, the guilty, the famous, the important, and the ordinary people affected by tragedy or good fortune. But strangely, it is not always the people in the spotlight that have stayed with me. It is often those on the periphery, the bit players in the drama, that continue to haunt. Fiona Barton Read Quote
Since reading ‘Sophie’s Choice,’ I have been haunted by the agonizing idea of choosing between two children. Fiona Barton Read Quote
A lot of people think journalists are criminals, and there are some who haven’t helped us. But the media is essential for democratic society. Fiona Barton Read Quote
The unsaid is a powerful tool. It invites the reader into the narrative, filling in gaps, interpreting silences and half-finished sentences, and seeing the hidden fear in someone’s eye. Fiona Barton Read Quote
The success of ‘The Widow’ meant there were expectations for the second book from the first word, and it has created a completely different writing experience. Not to say I haven’t enjoyed writing ‘The Child,’ but I confess there were times when I felt as if I was wrenching it out of my body with bloodied fingernails! Fiona Barton Read Quote
As a reporter, I spent a great deal of time in court. During brief breaks in testimony, I would often look at the spouse, usually the wife, of the accused. I began to wonder how listening to the details of a crime purportedly committed by your spouse would affect that person’s view of her husband. Fiona Barton Read Quote
I know I love a novel with an unreliable narrator, and I think many readers do as well. Fiona Barton Read Quote
When you think about it, psychological thrillers often involve extraordinary events happening to ordinary people. Fiona Barton Read Quote
It’s a wonderful experience to be reading a story and think you’ve got things all figured out, and then suddenly, it all goes upside-down on you. Fiona Barton Read Quote
I can’t think whether I’ve actually interviewed the widow of a crime suspect. Obviously, I’ve interviewed members of the families of people who’ve been accused of things. Fiona Barton Read Quote
