“His voice as smooth as silk, Grant started into his standard crowd-pleaser: Sinatra’s 'My Kind of Town.” — Jennifer Lane Copy Share Image
I grew up reading crime fiction and, especially in the '80s, women were just there to be saved or screwed. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
“There was a ringing in his ears, like a dead phone line that he couldn’t hang up on.” — Mark Capell Copy Share Image
Crime fiction is the fiction of social history. Societies get the crimes they deserve. — Denise Mina Copy Share Image
I'm most interested in people who've lived life in the extreme, which is what draws me to crime fiction. — Nick Petrie Copy Share Image
“I needed to become a fully functional, contributing member of my life” — Vicki Wilson Copy Share Image
“Drug addicts had their drugs. Alcoholics had their bottles. Serial killers had their murders.” — Jess C. Scott Copy Share Image
Arabs don't do crime fiction. I read crime fiction and I read Arabic literature, and I wish this was a novel I… — Elliott Colla Copy Share Image
“Think of your new position as that of a business mercenary; fighting the war for the mighty dollar – after all, it… — D.B. Stephens Copy Share Image
“This is the truth that sets you free: you are who you commit yourself to being, you have what you commit yourself… — Anthony Chapman Copy Share Image
I think crime fiction is a great way to talk about social issues, whether 'To Kill A Mockingbird' or 'The Lovely Bones;'… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
“The whole thing becomes like this evil enchantment from a fairy tale, but you're made to believe the spell can never be… — Jess C. Scott Copy Share Image
“He had seen the same mixture of exhaustion and fight in Russell’s face. It was the poison of war spreading its sickness.” — Jennifer Leeper Copy Share Image
“You’ll be very close to him when you shoot him. So shove the pistol in his face and pull the trigger instantly.”… — Steen Langstrup Copy Share Image
“I needed to know, Jesse. I needed to get inside his head. To find this son of a bitch, I need to… — Nina D'Angelo Copy Share Image
“Harry sensed the onset of resignation. No, he bloody didn't! On the FBI course they had examined cases where it had taken… — Jo Nesbø Copy Share Image
I've read crime fiction all my life. A thing that's bothered me about crime fiction is that it's generally about one or… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In crime fiction, I just don't write the parts that aren't a thriller and it's exactly the same in my TV reporting… — Hank Phillippi Ryan Copy Share Image
The competition for the future of crime fiction is fierce, as it should be, but don't take your eyes off Craig McDonald.… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
“His most characteristic detective stories end with the realization that no rational account of events is possible, and his suspense stories tend… — Francis M. Nevins Copy Share Image
“It was the members of the public who didn't seem to care what was happening on the streets around them, who hurried… — Simon Kernick Copy Share Image
“Rage and despair shook her for minutes or hours. She was unaware of the passage of time. Finally spent, she retreated inward… — V.S. Kemanis Copy Share Image
“At that exact moment, 6-0-0, the sun climbed over the skyline of oaks, revealing its full summer angry-god self. Its reflection flared… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“He was one of those men who can both get money and keep it. He must have been a millionaire. He kept… — Gerald Kersh Copy Share Image
Captain Crawford didn't like the idea of any kind of murder, but he went at it patiently and honestly and with none… — Leslie Ford Copy Share Image
“Nelson is glad to see a handler and her dog coming towards him. The recognises the woman as Jan Adams, famous in… — Elly Griffiths Copy Share Image
“One of the two owners, the man who had been sitting in the front room, was stretched out in there asleep, stockinged-toes… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“Chapter 1 I was sitting in Tina's Sunset Restaurant, watching the outriggers shuffle lazily through the clear waters of Sabang Bay, when… — Simon Kernick Copy Share Image
“On a Wednesday morning in mid-June, Eli Sharpe was sitting at his desk treating jetlag with strong coffee when he heard a… — Max Everhart Copy Share Image
“My style isn't subtle, I know that. I'm sure in fact it violates all kinds of rules about interrogation and all that,… — Kendric Neal Copy Share Image
“Carl responding to something Camilla did, "The next time you touch my equipment, I'm going to puncture your silicon boobs and then… — Jussi Adler-Olsen Copy Share Image
The crime fiction genre offers the writer infinite diversity of theme and treatment. — Stanley Ellin Copy Share Image
“You have the Answer. Just get quiet enough to hear it. ~Pat Obuchowski” — Laurie Stevens Copy Share Image
