That's why I love crime novels so much: When I write a crime novel, the conflict is built in. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
My first crime novel, "Wild Horses," sold at auction, and that changed my life at an ideal time. — Brian Hodge Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think 'The Wire' said it all, and I might as well not write any more crime novels. — George Pelecanos Copy Share Image
I love Walter Mosley and Robert Parker crime novels. And I read a lot of music reviews. — Van Hunt Copy Share Image
There's a real emphasis on being witty in Scotland, even in crime novels. — Denise Mina Copy Share Image
Get Carter remains among the great crime novels, a lean, muscular portrait of a man stumbling along the hard edge - toward… — James Sallis Copy Share Image
I am a master of fiction. I am also the greatest crime novelist who ever lived. I am to the crime novel… — James Ellroy Copy Share Image
I was well under the spell of the old Gold Medal Crime novels when I wrote 'Savage Season,' and I wanted to… — Joe R. Lansdale Copy Share Image
Michael Koryta is an amazingly talented writer, and I rank The Prophet as one of the sharpest and superbly plotted crime novels… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
The Chicago Way is a wonderful first novel. Michael Harvey has studied the masters and put his own unique touch on the… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
With the crime novels, it's delightful to have protagonists I can revisit in book after book. It's like having a fictitious family. — John Banville Copy Share Image
I abhor crime novels in which the main character can behave however he or she pleases, or do things that normal people… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Everything is personal - the poems and the crime novels. I have never been involved in any murders, but there are strong… — Sophie Hannah Copy Share Image
Don't Shoot is a work of moral philosophy that reads like a crime novel - Immanuel Kant meets Joseph Wambaugh. It's a… — John Seabrook Copy Share Image
“If something ruins my reputation in college and I get sent to jail or prison, I need to find a way to… — Keith J. Beasley Copy Share Image
The wildest ride in modern crime novel exoticum. A novel so steeped in milieu that it feels as if you've blasted to… — James Ellroy Copy Share Image
It's an unusual way to write a crime novel, to have these lingering, fairly large story points, but it's something I knew… — Tod Goldberg Copy Share Image
In everything I've written, the crime has always just been an occasion to write about other things. I don't have a picture… — Peter Temple Copy Share Image
In many respects I have gone out of my way to avoid the usual approach adopted in crime novels. I have used… — Stieg Larsson Copy Share Image
The Collector [John Fowles book] does such a good job of capturing the mindset of a capturer, and also that's become a… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
My crime novels are highly structured. I never start out with a dead body. I start with an impossible scenario. Opening questions… — Sophie Hannah Copy Share Image
“In most crime novels the violent act, usually the murder, is the engine. Take that away and there is little left to… — Mo Hayder Copy Share Image
If you ask people if they enjoy crime novels, they'll say, 'Oh, my guilty pleasure is...' then name a really brilliant crime… — Sophie Hannah Copy Share Image
I like Jo Nesbo and Hakan Nesser. There are so many good books in the world. I don't want to spend time… — Maj Sjowall Copy Share Image
I learned to write crime novels by reading people I hoped to emulate: people like James Lee Burke, Lawrence Block, Joseph Wambaugh,… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
I think the "crime novel" has replaced the sociological novel of the 1930s. I think the progenitor of that tradition is James… — James Lee Burke Copy Share Image
Most crime novels offer a curious kind of escape, to places that jag the nerves and worry the mind. Their rides of… — Susie Dent Copy Share Image
When I was writing 'The Luminaries,' I read a lot of crime novels because I wanted to figure out which ones made… — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
Nobody has ever written as many enjoyable, fun-to-read crime novels as Agatha Christie. It's all about the storytelling and the pleasure of… — Sophie Hannah Copy Share Image
I wasn't that into crime novels at all, but a friend introduced me to the work of Jim Thompson - I loved… — Jo Nesbo Copy Share Image
The best crime novels are not about how a detective works on a case; they are about how a case works on… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
The best crime novels are all based on people keeping secrets. All lying - you may think a lie is harmless, but… — Alafair Burke Copy Share Image
Horror and supernatural novels give you a lot of what you look for in a crime novel, just with a twist that… — Michael Koryta Copy Share Image
I'm a fast writer, and crime novels are easy to do. It's much harder to write a 1,000 word article, where everything… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The abundance of Roman historical mysteries contrasts with the surprising paucity of crime novels set in classical Greece. — Sarah Weinman Copy Share Image
I'm good with a grill. I like to make cheeseburgers - I once read in a David Goodis crime novel that you're… — Noah Baumbach Copy Share Image
With the crime novels, its delightful to have protagonists I can revisit in book after book. Its like having a fictitious family. — John Banville Copy Share Image
I think Melbourne is by far and away the most interesting place in Australia, and I thought if I ever wrote a… — Peter Temple Copy Share Image
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