After the original book, Dreams & Destiny, about the beginning of the Toth clan, and the book that sprung from my reaction to the September Eleven massacre, Choices, another book kept poking around in my head, but this one was somewhat different. I enjoyed the hint of intrigue that occurred in Choices, but I had not decided precisely how it would happen in the next book.
In 2002, we went on trip to England with some friends, stayed in rural Wiltshire, and it was there and while traveling by rail around England, that Spies & Lies was born. That was long before the days that I carried a smartphone or owned a laptop – my computer was sitting at home on the desk. So, Spies & Lies began life after I purchased a coil notebook at one of the train stations. While my companions played crib and read, I was writing furiously to try and keep up with my thoughts. (which is why I prefer to keyboard when writing). This went on for three weeks, and by the time we returned home, three-quarters of the book was written.
It may seem strange to you to read about people that don’t have high speed access, cell phones and the electronics that we cannot seem to live without today. In 2002, having broadband (high speed) was being progressive, and most people only had a cell phone for ’emergencies’ or business. It is amazing how these items have become not only commonplace, but necessities in our daily lives, not even ten years later.
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