Attention Quote by David Suchet

“It's strange when you think about it. There are hundreds and hundreds of murders in books and television. It would be hard for narrative…

— Anthony Horowitz

Oooh I like to read murder mystery. I like to know the killer isn't me.

— Erasure

As much as I adore Agatha Christie - and I think people make this claim about murder mysteries in general - it's often a…

— Christopher Bollen

“In a whodunnit, when a detective hears that Sir Somebody Smith has been stabbed thirty-six times on a train or decapitated, they accept it…

— Anthony Horowitz

I've been surprised that 'Elizabeth is Missing' has been so well received as a crime book. I love mystery stories, and that is what…

— Emma Healey

The Brits make the best murder mysteries - I mean, did you see 'Broadchurch'? Wasn't it amazing? I love the mysteries and trying to…

— Rachel House

[Noah Hawley] just a fantastic writer. It's always about the script, it's always about the book; it always is. If it ain't on the…

— Lauren Shuler Donner

Murder mysteries are puzzles that are fun to resolve.

— Kathy Reichs

I don't believe that murders can be "solved." I think that this is the big lie of the mystery novel, that you should close…

— George Pelecanos

The writer, like the murderer, needs a motive,

— Janet Malcolm

I once started a detective story to make money—but I couldn't get the murder to take place! At the end of three chapters I…

— Mary McCarthy

Traditional murder mysteries are interesting because they're ostensibly about a horrible thing - murder - but underneath that, they're about restoring order to a…

— Malinda Lo