“I thought about taking a course in painting. I was good at drawing in school, you remember?” “You never went to school.”… — Steen Langstrup Copy Share Image
“I needed to become a fully functional, contributing member of my life” — Vicki Wilson 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
“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
“There were three of them in the room now, where only two had first come in. Death was in the room with… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“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… — Simon Palmer 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'd read so much right-wing crime fiction where they find the evidence and shoot the bad guy - I thought there must… — Denise Mina 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
Steve Mosby has become one of a handful of writers who make me excited about crime fiction. — Val McDermid Copy Share Image
For a long time, I missed being in the courtroom every day. I missed trial work. It was so much a part… — Marcia Clark Copy Share Image
“Drug addicts had their drugs. Alcoholics had their bottles. Serial killers had their murders.” — Jess C. Scott 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
I was digging for stuff in a used bookstore, and I came upon 'Little Sister.' I fell in love with Chandler that… — Robert Crais Copy Share Image
“For every criminal mastermind, there were ten cretins: the cruel algebra of intelligence applied across the masses.” — John Nardizzi Copy Share Image
“I ought to warn you, dear, he can get rather wild when he’s hungry” — Wilkie martin 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
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
“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
With crime fiction, you have to write a half-dozen before they catch on. — John Banville Copy Share Image
I think there's a concept that crime fiction is or was male-dominated, but it really never has been. — Megan Abbott Copy Share Image
“In policing, some uniforms and cars are black and white, but on the street, in the real world, nothing is black and… — Edmond Gagnon Copy Share Image
