“Kara knew je only recognised t and a on a string and he was nothing more than a sleazy pupeeter” — Saira Viola Copy Share Image
“Drug addicts had their drugs. Alcoholics had their bottles. Serial killers had their murders.” — Jess C. Scott Copy Share Image
“You have the Answer. Just get quiet enough to hear it. ~Pat Obuchowski” — Laurie Stevens Copy Share Image
The crime fiction genre offers the writer infinite diversity of theme and treatment. — Stanley Ellin Copy Share Image
“I needed to become a fully functional, contributing member of my life” — Vicki Wilson 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
Most crime fiction plots are not ambitious enough for me. I want something really labyrinthine with clues and puzzles that will reward… — Sophie Hannah Copy Share Image
When I was a teenager, I was a voracious reader of crime fiction, but only contemporary books. I was not interested in… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
Crime fiction is a genre for writing stories about people - about conflict, about guilt, about passion, about the human condition. — Jo Nesbo Copy Share Image
I read all the Agatha Christies when I was younger and like Sherlock Holmes. Crime fiction has always fascinated me, but I'll… — Emilia Fox Copy Share Image
Crime fiction confirms our belief, despite some evidence to the contrary, that we live in a rational, comprehensible, and moral universe. — P. D. James Copy Share Image
“We saved the lives of a whole family that night. Children, parents, uncles, aunts, grandparents, all sailed to safety in Sweden inside… — Steen Langstrup Copy Share Image
“There are two kinds of people who sit around all day thinking about killing people...mystery writers and serial killers. I'm the kind… — Richard Castle Copy Share Image
“When a man walks alone, He is heard by thy own ears... But when a man walks among others, He is heard… — Mark Edward Thomas Piotrowski Copy Share Image
“Either I’ve got a wart on my nose they find curious, or I’ve grown a tail, Albie Merani muttered to himself. Just… — Rw Rivers Copy Share Image
I was reading Raymond Chandler very much with the feminist eye. In six of his seven novels, it's the woman who presents… — Sara Paretsky Copy Share Image
“In the half-century of his life, a tick on the Doomsday clock, he had borne witness to the most unbelievable technological advances.… — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
“Fuck!” he shouts. “FUCK! FUCK! FUCK!” “I’m not too fucking fond of loud noises, Bruno. Maybe it’d be a good idea if… — Steen Langstrup Copy Share Image
“She wondered if she was doomed to be one of those people who spend their lives trying things. She had tried being… — David Nicholls 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
“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
“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
“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
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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“Learning to interpret the constant string of lies and excuses fed to you from kids terrified of failure but careening towards it… — Kendric Neal Copy Share Image
Crime fiction is the fiction of social history. Societies get the crimes they deserve. — Denise Mina 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
