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
“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 had done 12 little romance books, and I decided I wanted to move into crime fiction. — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
Pushing the boundaries of polite society does not just fall under the purview of crime fiction authors. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
“The best crime fiction is not so much a search and rescue mission, but a recovery mission.” — Christopher G. Moore Copy Share Image
“I go where I want to go, I do what I want to do, and I am beholden to no one.” — Mark M. DeRobertis Copy Share Image
I wrote 'Knots and Crosses,' the first of the Rebus books, not even realising that I was writing crime fiction. — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
The great thing about America is I always come back with more books and more tip-offs of who to read. It's a… — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
I've been writing since 1973. I've written nonfiction things of that nature, but I'm probably best known for crime fiction and, to… — Joe R. Lansdale Copy Share Image
“THAT NIGHT, AT ONE OF LONDON’S OPEN-MIC SESSIONS, A YOUNG comedian enjoyed his first success, telling the tale of the naked Yank… — Anthony Chapman 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
“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
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
“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
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
“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
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
“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
“Mee and Ow sat in the shade of a mango tree and were doing their make-up. Both of them wore gloves that… — Tom Vater Copy Share Image
I respond very well to rules. If there are certain parameters it's much easier to do something really good. Especially when readers… — Denise Mina Copy Share Image
“Reaching for the basket of sex accoutrements, she took a thin, red tube, squeezed some clear gel onto her fingertips and returned… — Simon Palmer Copy Share Image
“All that crap about love and fairness and doing something with your life, Bruno ... Those are luxury problems. The CEO’s wife… — Steen Langstrup Copy Share Image
“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… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“The remaining chain swung down, he wrenched the door out and he was free. The last thing he heard behind him was… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“...We were pulling into the next station, when the woman suddenly got to her feet and made a move to squeeze past… — A.J. Waines Copy Share Image
“Emilia typed in her password and checked her inbox. A review by the Secretariat de Gobernación of drug cartel activities across Mexico.… — Carmen Amato Copy Share Image
“For one… If you shoot me and your boss realizes it was without good reason, you’ll have fucked up your trial period.… — Natasha McNeely Copy Share Image
“The viewpoint character in each story is usually someone trapped in a living nightmare, but this doesn't guarantee that we and the… — Francis M. Nevins Copy Share Image
“ychoA STARTLING DISCOVERY POINTS TO GUILT ... BUT OF WHAT? "The feeling lingered all the way to the landing, increasingly unkempt, slowly… — Kevin Morris Copy Share Image
Henri-Georges Clouzot's cool, clammy, twisty 1955 thriller Diabolique is an almost perfect movie about a very nearly perfect murder, a film in… — Terrence Rafferty Copy Share Image
“All we can do about this nightmare we live in is to create, if we are very lucky, a few islands of… — Francis M. Nevins Copy Share Image
I not only read Raymond Chandler but read all the crime fiction classics. I was hooked. — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
There's an overlap between social-realist fiction and crime fiction - a sweet spot there. — Daniel Woodrell Copy Share Image
“After being dry for a couple a weeks, three cocktails went down quicker than a boner in a busted rubber.” — Brian Azzarello Copy Share Image
“Al Hickey: It's not about anything. Frank Boggs: Yeah, it's about four hundred grand” — Phillip Rock Copy Share Image
When I was a teenager, I was a voracious reader of crime fiction, but only contemporary books. — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
Steve Mosby has become one of a handful of writers who make me excited about crime fiction. — Val McDermid Copy Share Image
With crime fiction, you have to write a half-dozen before they catch on. — John Banville Copy Share Image
