Everything begins with chioce.

“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

“He began as a minor imitator of Fitzgerald, wrote a novel in the late twenties which won a prize, became dissatisfied with his work,…

— Barry N. Malzberg

“She had been lying there, facedown in the water long before the tide had turned at 3.04 that morning. Her eyes were staring into…

— A.J. Waines

“Absolutely nothing should stand in the way of a murder investigation, however lowly the victim.”

— Mark Ellis

“The remaining chain swung down, he wrenched the door out and he was free. The last thing he heard behind him was the oncoming…

— Cornell Woolrich

“His fear-inflamed mind sent the control-signal to his finger-joint to fold back. The trigger sliced back. The blast seemed to lift the booth clear…

— Cornell Woolrich

“You have the Answer. Just get quiet enough to hear it. ~Pat Obuchowski”

— Laurie Stevens

“Either I’ve got a wart on my nose they find curious, or I’ve grown a tail, Albie Merani muttered to himself. Just then he…

— Rw Rivers

“No sun cream or condoms, just in case you’re looking at the lady-boys. There’s plenty of AIDS lingering about and every STD you can…

— Simon Palmer

“There were three of them in the room now, where only two had first come in. Death was in the room with the two…

— Cornell Woolrich

“She knew with chilling and absolute certainty she was next.”

— Alexa Grace

“One of the two owners, the man who had been sitting in the front room, was stretched out in there asleep, stockinged-toes pointed at…

— Cornell Woolrich

“The viewpoint character in each story is usually someone trapped in a living nightmare, but this doesn't guarantee that we and the protagonist are…

— Francis M. Nevins

A lot of crime fiction writing is also lazy. Personality is supposed to be shown by the protagonists taste in music, or were told…

— Peter Temple

“To catch a killer, one must think like a killer”

— Belinda Bauer