About Quote by Karin Slaughter

I don't really consider any of my novels 'crime' novels.

— Megan Abbott

The plot is very important because writers have to play fair with their readers, but no one would care about the plot if the…

— Karin Slaughter

my crime books are actually novels and are written as such. One might even say that each one is really two novels, one of…

— Mary Roberts Rinehart

All novels are about crime. You'd be hard pressed to find any novel that does not have an element of crime. I don't see…

— Carl Hiaasen

The crimes in my books are committed by people who can't keep it together any more. They do something to express their own pain,…

— Sophie Hannah

With my earlier books, I got quite bored being with one protagonist all the way through. With the Alex Morrow books, I wanted to…

— Denise Mina

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

The best crime novels are not about how a detective works on a case; they are about how a case works on a detective.

— Michael Connelly

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

The most difficult part of any crime novel is the plotting. It all begins simply enough, but soon you're dealing with a multitude of…

— Ian Rankin

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