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 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
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
“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
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 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
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
“You spill a lot of beans in historical fiction. Crime fiction is about spilling no beans at all. You spill the least… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
There is sometimes a feeling in crime fiction that good writing gets in the way of story. I have never felt that… — John Connolly Copy Share Image
“Her aunt and uncle worked fifteen hours a day in their desperate attempt to keep the corner shop in profit, and their… — P.D. James 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 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
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 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
I'm not much of a plotter. I start off with an inciting incident, and in classic crime fiction what happens is that… — Denise Mina 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
“Kaliya a poor village boy show us with endurance we can touch the sky & even after the death of our beloved,… — Sagar Patel Copy Share Image
“Injustice, large and small, was like sour, moldy bread. Consumed often enough, it brought on hunger for the meat of revenge.” — B.V. Lawson Copy Share Image
We tend to think of crime fiction as reading designed for entertainment - not education. It delivers an almost pure kind of… — Sarah Weinman Copy Share Image
After I started writing crime fiction, I said to myself, 'I may be limited, but the genre's not. There's no reason to… — Laura Lippman 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
“Al... You ever kill anybody? In the United States? Because I know you mean it and everything, but I know these guys… — Phillip Rock Copy Share Image
I grew up reading crime fiction mysteries, true crime - a lot of true crime - and it is traditionally a male… — Megan Abbott Copy Share Image
The mainstream has lost its way. Crime fiction is an objective, realistic genre because it's about the real world, real bodies really… — Michael Dibdin Copy Share Image
You're about to meet a new great dame of crime fiction in Death Was the Other Woman. Linda L. Richards does a… — Linda Fairstein Copy Share Image
I'm snobby about books that aren't crime fiction: if I start reading a literary novel and there's no mystery emerging in the… — Sophie Hannah Copy Share Image
“Payne sought clarification. “Vertical or horizontal?” “Horizontal, of course.” “Sorry but I can’t help you.” “Will you pipe down for a minute?… — Ed Lynskey Copy Share Image
“And I would like nothing more than to think I was some criminal mastermind, and was able to fool Marcus, but the… — Ellie Fox Copy Share Image
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