India, May 25 -- You recently handed over the full reins of Jack Reacher to your brother, Andrew. Of course, you still retain the IP and own the copyright, but do you miss the character on a day-to-day basis after being with him for over two decades?

On a day-to-day basis, no, because I haven't given him up in my head. It's always seemed to me that writing is two things. One is the fun part, the initial part, the daydreaming, the what if, how about that, and all those vague questions that you spin a story out of, and that is perpetual with me. I'll never stop that. The second half of writing is the boring stuff, the typing and the business of it all and the promotion and so on. I'm perfectly happy to give that up.

Reacher lives on in my...