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
“I covered the body with a rug. You think I’m an idiot?” Bruno Hanson In The Shadow of Sadd.” — Steen Langstrup 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
Pushing the boundaries of polite society does not just fall under the purview of crime fiction authors. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
My focus will always be crime, but it might not always be fiction, nor always for adults, nor books entirely in prose.… — Sarah Weinman 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
Most crime fiction, no matter how 'hard-boiled' or bloodily forensic, is essentially sentimental, for most crime writers are disappointed romantics. — John Banville Copy Share Image
For me, crime fiction was an opportunity to sneak up on readers with social issues, something they won't go out of their… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
I've always been drawn to the extremes of human behavior, and crime fiction is a great way to explore the lives and… — Nick Petrie Copy Share Image
The pace of Swedish crime fiction is slower - Stieg Larsson's the exception. And I think we use the environment more. — Camilla Lackberg Copy Share Image
“When he shows I’ll say: ‘Good day, a bouquet for Mr. Hovgaard.’ Then you shoot him. Understood?” Ingrid aka ‘Alis K’ The… — Steen Langstrup Copy Share Image
Crime fiction makes money. It may be harder for writers to get published, but crime is doing better than most of what… — Linwood Barclay Copy Share Image
“The village of Holcomb stands on the high wheat plains of western Kansas, a lonesome area that other Kansans call ‘out there.’… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
“In traditional crime fiction every detective with any self-respect has an unfailing nose for when people are lying. It’s bullshit! Human nature… — Jo Nesbø Copy Share Image
Reading Tomato Red-the first Daniel Woodrell novel I came upon-was a transformative experience. It expanded my sense of the possibilities not only… — Megan Abbott Copy Share Image
The built-in form is a window frame. You can use this genre [crime fiction] to go where you want to go, and… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
One of the surprising things I hadn't expected when I decided to write crime fiction is how much you are expected to… — Kathy Reichs Copy Share Image
“The old joke is that psychiatrists are doctors who can't stand the sight of blood. Maybe they can't stand it, but if… — Mike Bartos Copy Share Image
Hardboiled crime fiction came of age in Black Mask magazine during the Twenties and Thirties. Writers like Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler… — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
“And what is corruption, I ask you? Who gets hurt if a poor cop gets a new car or a week’s vacation… — Steen Langstrup 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
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
“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
“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
I not only read Raymond Chandler but read all the crime fiction classics. I was hooked. — Michael Connelly 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
“familiar with Scandinavian crime fiction – Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, Karin Fossum, Håkan” — Stieg Larsson 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
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
“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
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