QUICK-FIRE QUESTIONS WITH DAVID HODGES

Describe your novel in three words?
Game of death.

Which author would you most like to have dinner with?
Lee Child (for his Jack Reacher novels) or my old friend, the late Colin Dexter.

Who would you pick to play the main characters from your novels? 
Rose Leslie (from Game of Thrones) as Kate Hamblin/Lewis and Brendan Gleeson (from Banshees of Inisherin) as Hayden Lewis.

I first watched Rose Leslie in Game of Thrones and immediately saw her as my key character, Kate, in the way she played the dynamic, sexy and forceful wilding, Ygritte. As such, she is the perfect fit for Kate.

Brendan Gleeson for the way he looked in Banshees of Inisherin — his untidy appearance and his moody, brooding nature — was Hayden to a T. The only slight issue would be his Irish accent, as Hayden is a posh, articulate character like Boris Johnson (on whom I originally based him).

What’s the most interesting thing you had to research for this book?
Research into poisonous spiders (which I hate) for the novel Venom On The Levels. In particular, the Brazilian Wandering Spider was certainly interesting!

What are you currently reading and watching?
Reading = Agatha Christie’s Dead Man’s Folly.

Watching = Poirot on ITV3.

WATCHER ON THE LEVELS, AN ADDICTIVE CRIME THRILLER FULL OF TWISTS, IS OUT NOW