The Boston Globe, July 13th, 1997
AT THE AUTHOR of Airport, Hotel, and Wheels, Arthur Hailey, is back with his 11th novel, Detective. His books have sold 160 million copies worldwide, in 40 languages. Can you consciously fabricate big bestsellers? Let me say right away, I never, never, never think, is this a book that could go into big numbers? That's the absolute truth. My perception is, is this a subject which interests and enthuses me? Unless I can have that feeling of interest, I can't do it. Why did you come out of retirement to write Detective? I don't want to go into detail, but we had a family problem about four years ...
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