Books Quote by Sara Sheridan

Once upon a time there was a physicality to the business of investigating a serious crime. There were objects, pieces of paper, even good…

— Steven Knight

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

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

The first time I read a crime novel - I think it may have been an Elmore Leonard book - it took some time…

— Alastair Reynolds

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

People believe that forensics these days is the answer to everything and because we believe so ardently that forensics can lead us to the…

— Adrian Dunbar

Forensic techniques are enormously useful in a wide range of fields outside the criminal justice system.

— Mark Walport

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

True-crime shows and podcasts aren't the only ones flattening the complexity of forensic science into easy-to-grasp narratives: journalists do so, too. They say DNA…

— Sarah Weinman

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

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

Learning about crime in great detail forces us to ask ourselves how it happened, how the victims and perpetrators got to that point, how…

— Robert Rinder