Also Quote by Tess Gerritsen

I've always been fascinated, obsessed even, with books and TV shows about unsolved murders, cold cases, forensic science, mysteries, and so on. Many times…

— Scott Heim

I'm certainly very influenced by what you would call "contemporary headline horror," stuff that is true crime or for one reason or another catches…

— Dan Chaon

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'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

I always thought what an interesting idea because almost everybody's fascinated by the perpetrator of a crime; very few people study what happens to…

— Clint Eastwood

True crime has long been a passion for me, but I'm also a sucker for biographies, particularly of politicians, writers, or Hollywood icons.

— Megan Abbott

Crime cases tend to be fascinating until you figure out what happened.

— Bill James

Crime is interesting. It's huge and fascinating, and it's what my business, TV and film, is largely based on. But the realities are tragic,…

— Peter Capaldi

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

People write fiction in their minds all the time - every time we read a 'human interest' news story, or a true crime tale,…

— Dan Chaon

Crime stories are, as you know, one of the most popular forms of entertainment that exist. If you then try to have something to…

— Anonymous

I've never been a great fan of crime fiction. I read Agatha Christie in my youth, but that's all.

— Olga Tokarczuk