“The best crime fiction is not so much a search and rescue mission, but a recovery mission.” — Christopher G. Moore Copy Share Image
“I can smack a ball-bearing between your abusive fiancé’s eyes before his wingtips hit the sidewalk.” — M.S.M. Barkawitz 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
“The lady in the liquor store sold me a fifth of whiskey and the landlord’s name without taking her eyes off the… — Andrew Cotto Copy Share Image
“I can't say." Miranda mimicked a very grown-up sound with her imperious tone. "I wasn't at the morgue. I was in school.” — Theasa Tuohy Copy Share Image
“about Tommy, you went through your whole life craving these little pockets of time and missing them for more time than you… — Lily Gardner Copy Share Image
“The law enforcement in this town is terrific. All through prohibition Eddie Mars' place was a night club and they had two… — Raymond Chandler 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
“No! The mission was to terminate one Hipo officer. Not four by random. You didn’t get him so the operation was a… — Steen Langstrup Copy Share Image
“What if the saboteurs come while he’s standing there pissing on our truck?” “Then he’s in trouble.” Conversation between two Gestapo Officers… — Steen Langstrup Copy Share Image
“We saved the lives of a whole family that night. Children, parents, uncles, aunts, grandparents, all sailed to safety in Sweden inside… — Steen Langstrup Copy Share Image
“There were men in their fifties, men who take a stab at fitness, men who try. They may not look young, but… — Lily Gardner Copy Share Image
“I've got to think of a hundred and sixty million Americans, not of the three or four that happen to be the… — John McPartland Copy Share Image
“Evans made himself their spokesman. "Charlie and Joe," he offered. "Remember us? We brought a friend back with us this time." Girls… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“The hallmarks of the noir style are fear, guilt and loneliness, breakdown and despair, sexual obsession and social corruption, a sense that… — Francis M. Nevins Copy Share Image
“But suspense presupposes uncertainty. No matter how nightmarish the situation, real suspense is impossible when we know in advance that the protagonist… — Francis M. Nevins Copy Share Image
“Calvino remembered he had no food in the house and would have to go shopping on Sukhumvit Road. Then he planned to… — Christopher G. Moore - Zero Hour in Phnom Penh Copy Share Image
“All we can do about this nightmare we live in is to create, if we are very lucky, a few islands of… — Francis M. Nevins Copy Share Image
“The waitress came by with a pot of black coffee. She was a smallish woman, about forty, still had some of her… — L. Joseph Shosty Copy Share Image
“One of the two owners, the man who had been sitting in the front room, was stretched out in there asleep, stockinged-toes… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“He began as a minor imitator of Fitzgerald, wrote a novel in the late twenties which won a prize, became dissatisfied with… — Barry N. Malzberg Copy Share Image
“Inevitably, his vision verged toward the fantastic; he published a scattering of stories - most included in this volume - which appeared… — Barry N. Malzberg Copy Share Image
“The viewpoint character in each story is usually someone trapped in a living nightmare, but this doesn't guarantee that we and the… — Francis M. Nevins Copy Share Image
“The remaining chain swung down, he wrenched the door out and he was free. The last thing he heard behind him was… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“His fear-inflamed mind sent the control-signal to his finger-joint to fold back. The trigger sliced back. The blast seemed to lift the… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“I have saved no one but myself and now I watch for the other universe to unravel in my skull, for the… — Will Christopher Baer Copy Share Image
“There are criminals everywhere these days, you know. One might end up missing the police! Who would have thought that possible?” The… — Steen Langstrup Copy Share Image
“It was the second time in a row they were expecting us. We’ve got an informer in our group.” Johannes aka ‘BB’… — Steen Langstrup Copy Share Image
“I wasn't that good you know. What I was was a guy who could write a little, publishing in magazines surrounded by… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“The Land of Civilian was a dry bitter place where you sat in your car staring at drawn curtains and closed doors… — Lily Gardner Copy Share Image
