Crime is the biggest genre in libraries and in bookshops, and it is hugely varied. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes big bookshop crime
An actor's life is all about rejection. It's you they don't want; it's you who's too tall or too short or too fat. With stand-up, it doesn't matter what you look like. Mark Billingham actorfatlife Change image and share on social
Whenever people ask where I get my sick and twisted ideas from, I reply, 'Just open your eyes.' Mark Billingham eyeideaopen Change image and share on social
In America, they have specialist mystery book stores with whole sections devoted to cat mysteries, golf mysteries, quilting mysteries. It's a hugely broad genre from the darkest noir to tales of a 19th-century vet who solves crimes, thanks to his talking cat. Mark Billingham 19thamericabook share on social
The judge said I was a menace to society because I had put crime on a scientific basis. Gregory Corso basiscrimejudge Change image and share on social
When you write your first book aged 25 or so, you have 25 years of experience, albeit much of it juvenile experience. The second book comes after an extra year sitting in bookshops. Pretty soon, you begin to run on empty. Douglas Adams agealbeitbegin share on social
I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones. Jonathan Tropper 80sactionbad Change image and share on social
