“Many Scandinavian writers who had made their name in literary fiction felt they wanted to have a go at the crime novel to show they could compete with the best. If Salman Rushdie had been Norwegian, he would definitely have written at least one thriller.” IfsMadeShowsWantedNamesFeltFictionNovelWrittenCrimeThrillersNorwegiansScandinaviansScandinaviaCrime NovelsRushdie Author:Jo Nesbo
“The crime novel has always been my favourite genre.” NovelCrimeGenreFavouriteCrime Novels Author:Sara Paretsky
“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 linked characters, strands, themes and red herrings - and you need to try to control these unruly elements and weave them into a pattern.” NeedsTryingEnoughCharacterDifficultNovelCrimeElementsRedPatternsThemeMultitudesLinkedStrandsUnrulyHerringCrime NovelsRed Herrings Author:Ian Rankin
“I like Jo Nesbo and Hakan Nesser. There are so many good books in the world. I don't want to spend time reading bad crime novels.” WorldWantBookReadingNovelCrimeEnd TimesSpend TimeGood BookCrime Novels Author:Maj Sjowall
“There's a real emphasis on being witty in Scotland, even in crime novels.” RealNovelCrimeWittyScotlandEmphasisCrime Novels Author:Denise Mina
“Get Carter remains among the great crime novels, a lean, muscular portrait of a man stumbling along the hard edge - toward redemption. Ted Lewis cuts to the bone.” MenHardNovelCuttingCrimeRemainsEdgesBonesRedemptionPortraitsCarterStumblingCrime Novels Author:James Sallis
“40 Words for Sorrow is brilliant-one of the finest crime novels I've ever read. Giles Blunt writes with uncommon grace, style and compassion and he plots like a demon. This book has it all-unforgettable characters, beautiful language, throat-constricting suspense.” WritingBookCharacterBeautifulLanguageCompassionNovelGraceStyleCrimeSorrowBrilliantSuspenseDemonPlotThroatFinestUncommonBluntUnforgettableCrime Novels Author:Jonathan Kellerman
“With the crime novels, its delightful to have protagonists I can revisit in book after book. Its like having a fictitious family.” I CanBookNovelCrimeDelightfulProtagonistsCrime Novels Author:John Banville
“I wasn't that into crime novels at all, but a friend introduced me to the work of Jim Thompson - I loved all his books.” BookNovelCrimeCrime Novels Author:Jo Nesbo
“The best crime novels are all based on people keeping secrets. All lying - you may think a lie is harmless, but you put them all together and there's a calamity.” PeopleThinkingMayTogetherLyingSecretNovelCrimeCalamityKeeping SecretsCrime Novels Author:Alafair Burke
“Horror and supernatural novels give you a lot of what you look for in a crime novel, just with a twist that was very fresh for me as a reader.” GivingLooksNovelCrimeReaderHorrorTwistsCrime Novels Author:Michael Koryta
“The wildest ride in modern crime novel exoticum. A novel so steeped in milieu that it feels as if you've blasted to mars in the grip of a demon who won't let you go. Read this book, savor the language-it's the last-and the most compelling word in thrillers.” IfsFeelsBookLastsLanguageNovelModernCrimeDemonCompellingMarsThrillersLetting You GoMilieuCrime Novels Author:James Ellroy
“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 as writing crime novels. I like fairly strong narratives, but it's a way of getting a plot moving.” WayWritingMovingStrongNovelWrittenCrimeOccasionsNarrativePlotCrime NovelsPictures Of Myself Author:Peter Temple
“I think Melbourne is by far and away the most interesting place in Australia, and I thought if I ever wrote a novel or crime novel of any kind, I had to set it here.” IfsThinkingKindInterestingNovelCrimeAustraliaMost InterestingMelbourneInteresting PlacesCrime Novels Author:Peter Temple
“I'm good with a grill. I like to make cheeseburgers - I once read in a David Goodis crime novel that you're only supposed to flip a burger once.” NovelCrimeFlipBurgersCheeseburgerCrime Novels Author:Noah Baumbach
“The Collector [John Fowles book] does such a good job of capturing the mindset of a capturer, and also that's become a banal trope of every second crime novel: the weirdo, fetishistic watcher/stalker/kidnapper/kidnapper of women or children.” ChildrenDoeBookJobsNovelCrimeMindsetGood JobCollectorsEvery SecondWeirdoWatchersTropesCrime Novels Author:Emma Donoghue
“The Chicago Way is a wonderful first novel. Michael Harvey has studied the masters and put his own unique touch on the crime novel. This book harkens the arrival of a major new voice.” WayFirstsBookVoiceNovelWonderfulCrimeMastersMajorsUniqueChicagoArrivalsHarveyCrime Novels Author:Michael Connelly
“I abhor crime novels in which the main character can behave however he or she pleases, or do things that normal people do not do, without those actions having social consequences.” PeopleCharacterActionSocialNovelCrimePleaseNormalConsequenceBehaveMain CharactersCrime Novels Author:Steig Larsson
“My first crime novel, "Wild Horses," sold at auction, and that changed my life at an ideal time.” FirstsNovelCrimeChangedIdealsHorseChanged My LifeAuctionsWild HorsesCrime Novels Author:Brian Hodge
“The best crime novels are not about how a detective works on a case; they are about how a case works on a detective.” CasesNovelCrimeDetectivesCrime NovelsDetective Work Author:Michael Connelly
“It's an unusual way to write a crime novel, to have these lingering, fairly large story points, but it's something I knew I had to do if I wanted to write a sequel...but, you know, people still have to read and enjoy this book, or it's a moot point.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayWritingStillsBookStoriesWantedEnjoyNovelCrimeUnusualSequelsLingeringCrime Novels Author:Tod Goldberg