As a journalist, I've been a professional watcher, picking up the body language and verbal tics that make us individuals and interesting to others.

The righting of historic wrongs has chimed with something fundamental in me since I was a young reader. I love the forensic skills, the psychological insights, and the sheer bloody-mindedness of various detectives - professional or accidental - inching toward the truth of a long-buried secret.

Yes, there are bad apples, but I do feel journalists do a good job, often in very difficult circumstances.

I chose to write from different perspectives despite its complexity because it is what I have always done as a journalist.