About Quote by Henning Mankell

In everything I've written, the crime has always just been an occasion to write about other things. I don't have a picture of myself…

— Peter Temple

Crime stories are our version of sitting round a camp fire and telling tales. We enjoy being scared under safe circumstances. That's why there's…

— Camilla Lackberg

Crime stories are, as you know, one of the most popular forms of entertainment that exist. If you then try to have something to…

— Anonymous

Good writers know that crime is an entre into telling a greater story about character. Good crime writing holds up a mirror to the…

— Karin Slaughter

Good crime writing holds up a mirror to the readers and reflects in a darker light the world in which they live.

— Karin Slaughter

Fans are always asking me where I get my ideas from. The answer is that I'm very curious, and I get inspiration from everywhere.…

— Tess Gerritsen

All societies have these cases. There are many, many crime cases that remain famous from the times of the Romans. The Bible is full…

— Bill James

We have the crime of the century every six months. So for people like me who enjoy, you know, taking these stories and writing…

— John Grisham

Writing about race and crime was not new territory for me. But it can be treacherous. So here are my rules: No stereotypes. No…

— Colin Flaherty

I work really out of mythology, so often I work out of a story that has remained lodged inside somehow, or I work out…

— Louise Erdrich

I grew up in a society with a very ancient and strong oral storytelling tradition. I was told stories, as a child, by my…

— Khaled Hosseini

The abundance of Roman historical mysteries contrasts with the surprising paucity of crime novels set in classical Greece.

— Sarah Weinman