The interview is reprinted with the kind permission of Bob Cornwell and the editors of Tangled Web, a UK Internet magazine devoted to Crime, Mystery and Fantastic Fiction. The Tangled Web website can be found at www.twbooks.co.uk.

Ralph, Geoff and Liz Lees (editor and founders) write: Tangled Web was set up in 1996 with the aim of promoting (mainly) UK crime fiction, both nationally and world-wide, through the medium of the Internet. We chose Crime Fiction because it is a major area of interest to fiction readers, and also because it is a shared area of interest within the team.

The site acts as an ever-changing resource for research, with up-to-date information on current titles, reviews and also news, interviews, and articles of general interest to the crime fiction enthusiast. There is also a huge range of author profile pages, which we believe is a unique facility of our site.

The site now consists of nearly 200 megabytes of information and is visited by over 1000 people every day.