S J Watson, the bestselling writer of psychological thrillers (including Before I Go to Sleep) attended the Quai du Polar festival in Lyon, France, in 2016. Here he discusses his second book, Second Life.
1. Sitting in a hotel room in Crewe. I was there to inspect the local hospital service and train delays meant I’d arrived too late for dinner. The wallpaper was peeling off the walls and the stink of
