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
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 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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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 first crime novel, "Wild Horses," sold at auction, and that changed my life at an ideal time. — Brian Hodge 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
40 Words for Sorrow is brilliant-one of the finest crime novels I've ever read. Giles Blunt writes with uncommon grace, style and… — Jonathan Kellerman 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
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