Books Quote by William Kent Krueger

Absolutely breathtaking, nail-biting, and edge-of-your-seat. Michael Koryta is a master at maintaining suspense and a hell of a good writer. THOSE WHO WISH ME…

— Nelson DeMille

Michael Koryta is an amazingly talented writer, and I rank The Prophet as one of the sharpest and superbly plotted crime novels I've read…

— Donald Ray Pollock

Michael Koryta is that rare author who is at once a compelling story teller and a fantastic writer. From the first sentence of THOSE…

— Lisa Unger

THOSE WHO WISH ME DEAD is beautifully written, perfectly paced, expertly structured, and simply unputdownable. Koryta is an absolute master.

— Deon Meyer

I've got a peculiar weakness for criminals and artists. Neither takes life as it is. Any tragic story has to be in conflict with…

— Stanley Kubrick

“This seems to have taken me a long way from detective stories, but explains, perhaps, why I have got more interest in my victims…

— Agatha Christie

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

If you ask people if they enjoy crime novels, they'll say, 'Oh, my guilty pleasure is...' then name a really brilliant crime writer.

— Sophie Hannah

“Simon Koertig took no pleasure from the act of murder. That wasn’t true, exactly. He took tremendous pleasure from the art of murder. Of…

— Craig Schaefer

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 writer, like the murderer, needs a motive,

— Janet Malcolm

“Nobody knows this crime territory better than Mark Langan. His authentic experience proves that he is an expert in telling a story worth listening…

— Mark Langan