![]() ![]() Some say they’re actually better now, posthumously. Robert Ludlum died in 2001 and has since written 10 books. There is the James Bond franchise and the Jason Bourne franchise, and now the Hercule Poirot franchise too. But that is the word used in the industry. It makes you think of McDonalds – a drive-through book, with extra fries. It’s probably unfair to refer to the Millennium series as a “franchise”. (The Spider’s Web book has now sold more than million copies worldwide, including 550,000 in the UK.) ![]() He felt bad about being such a huge success. Nobody had robbed a bank, but Lagercrantz felt as though he had. It’s not a question you get to hear all that often. ![]() The question was this: “What are we supposed to do with all the money?” And that was before he cracked the film deal. Which is when Lagercrantz came out with a question still ringing in my ears. We were having dinner at this little restaurant attached to the Royal Opera House. I met him in Stockholm not long after the release of the Spider’s Web. ![]()
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