I love Walter Mosley and Robert Parker crime novels. And I…

I abhor crime novels in which the main character can behave however he or she pleases, or do things that normal people do not…

— Anonymous

I am a master of fiction. I am also the greatest crime novelist who ever lived. I am to the crime novel in specific…

— James Ellroy

I wasn't that into crime novels at all, but a friend introduced me to the work of Jim Thompson - I loved all his…

— Jo Nesbo

I think Melbourne is by far and away the most interesting place in Australia, and I thought if I ever wrote a novel or…

— Peter Temple

The abundance of Roman historical mysteries contrasts with the surprising paucity of crime novels set in classical Greece.

— Sarah Weinman

If you ask people if they enjoy crime novels, they'll say, 'Oh, my guilty pleasure is...' then name a really brilliant crime writer.

— Sophie Hannah

The best crime novels are not about how a detective works on a case; they are about how a case works on a detective.

— Michael Connelly

“If something ruins my reputation in college and I get sent to jail or prison, I need to find a way to get back…

— Keith J. Beasley

Horror and supernatural novels give you a lot of what you look for in a crime novel, just with a twist that was very…

— Michael Koryta

In many respects I have gone out of my way to avoid the usual approach adopted in crime novels. I have used some techniques…

— Stieg Larsson

It's an unusual way to write a crime novel, to have these lingering, fairly large story points, but it's something I knew I had…

— Tod Goldberg

With the crime novels, its delightful to have protagonists I can revisit in book after book. Its like having a fictitious family.

— John Banville

I read a lot of thrillers, especially American crime novels.

— Kate Mosse

Most crime novels offer a curious kind of escape, to places that jag the nerves and worry the mind. Their rides of suspense give…

— Susie Dent

I have tried to create main characters who are drastically different from the types who generally appear in crime novels. Mikael Blomkvist, for instance,…

— Stieg Larsson