Books Quote by Karin Slaughter

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

A crime is like a crack in reality, and it is the author's role to explore those cracks. As a writer, I like to…

— Natsuo Kirino

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 makes for great drama and it's interesting because it delves into the darker side of us. Those kind of stories go way back,…

— Mark Bonnar

That's what a good crime novelist - any good novelist - should do with you: play with your perceptions while showing you everything in…

— Harlan Coben

I know a lot of crime writers feel very underrated, like they're not taken seriously, and they want to be just thought of as…

— Sophie Hannah

A lot of novels use crime as a stepping stone to talk about greater issues. So I just think of myself as a writer.

— Karin Slaughter

Many who resort to crime ultimately can't read or write.

— Wally Amos

I think crime writing is my link with trying to preserve a sort of order.

— Antonia Fraser

Today the crime novelist has one advantage denied to writers of 'straight' or 'literary' novels. Unlike them he can range over all levels of…

— Allan Massie

I know you shouldn't spit in your own soup but I think most crime writing is like TV and doesn't make enormous demands on…

— Donna Leon

If you ask people if they enjoy crime novels, they'll say, 'Oh, my guilty pleasure is...' then name a really brilliant crime writer.

— Sophie Hannah