Belief Quote by P. D. James

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

Crime fiction is the fiction of social history. Societies get the crimes they deserve.

— Denise Mina

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

— Jo Nesbo

Fiction gives us the second chances that life denies us.

— Paul Theroux

Crime takes the pulse of a culture. It tells us the truth about us as a species.

— Andrew Vachss

I think that's why we're always so fascinated with criminal stories because there but for the grace of God it could be us.

— Jacki Weaver

“More wisdom is contained in the best crime fiction than in philosophy.”

— Wittgenstein

There's an overlap between social-realist fiction and crime fiction - a sweet spot there.

— Daniel Woodrell

There is a very conservative element of crime writers that don't recognise what I do is crime fiction.

— John Connolly

Fiction gives us a second chance that life denies us.

— Paul Theroux

Crime fiction is a way of satisfying that nosy need to know.

— Sophie Hannah

Fiction is the great repository of the moral sense. The wicked get punished.

— Anita Brookner