'If we'd planned a girls' trip to London or a night out, my sister would ask me who I'd killed off this time, and I would let her know which of my characters had taken the fall.'

If we'd planned a girls' trip to London or a night out, my sister would ask me who I'd killed off this time, and I would let her know which of my characters had taken the fall, so that I could throw caution to the wind and forget they even existed.