I am always amazed at the feedback from readers when discussing characters from 'The Thirteenth Torment'. It never occurred to me when I wrote DC Steve Astman into the book that female readers would not only decide they 'fancied him a bit' but when faced with a question about his development in the next book of the series, decided they wanted him to get into more trouble!

Most talked about scene with Steve? The one where he helps rescue a baby.....

Is his heart in the right place? Or is he just career climbing his way around the specialist departments, ticking each one off on his 'to do' list?

Don't worry ladies - he'll make a return, and is bound to get into more scrapes!