Books Quote by Nick Petrie

I have a couple of thick files about things that have gone wrong between people; I ought to write about them in the manner…

— Amitava Kumar

As for suspense, I like to write books that draw you into the hero's plight from the opening pages, where people put their lives…

— Andrew Gross

You have to go out of your way as a suspense novelist to find situations where the protagonists are somewhat helpless and in real…

— Nelson DeMille

I've been writing since 1973. I've written nonfiction things of that nature, but I'm probably best known for crime fiction and, to some extent,…

— Joe R. Lansdale

I read what I like to write: romantic suspense. I also love thrillers and novels of suspense, but I can't handle extreme violence and…

— Jayne Ann Krentz

I've always been drawn to the extremes of human behavior, and crime fiction is a great way to explore the lives and stories of…

— Nick Petrie

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

I'm most interested in people who've lived life in the extreme, which is what draws me to crime fiction.

— Nick Petrie

I always wanted to write a book. Not a romance novel. Maybe a crime thriller. Something with action. Maybe that will happen some day.

— Becky Sauerbrunn

If you're going to write thrillers, you have to make a decision if you are going to be realistic or go off and over.

— Karin Slaughter

Crime fiction is a genre for writing stories about people - about conflict, about guilt, about passion, about the human condition.

— Jo Nesbo

I try to write about things, places, events, and phenomena I know about personally. That helps make the novels more genuine.

— Lincoln Child