A Century of Great Suspense Stories Quotes

“novels Cry Hard, Cry Fast (1955), Murdering the Wind (1956), Slam the Big Door (1960), A Flash of Green (1962), and the astonishingly good The End of the Night (1960) were among his finest work. There were also an imposing number of other paperback originals that were also first-rate crime stories—among them Dead, Low Tide (1953) and One Monday We Killed Them All (1961)”
― Jeffery Deaver, A Century of Great Suspense Stories

“Ed Gorman”
― Jeffery Deaver, A Century of Great Suspense Stories

“James M. Cain (1892–1977) wrote two indisputable masterpieces, The Postman Always Rings Twice and Double Indemnity.”
― Jeffery Deaver, A Century of Great Suspense Stories

“Donald E. Westlake It’s an accepted fact that Donald E. Westlake has excelled at every single sub-genre the mystery field has to offer—humorous books (Scared Monster); terrifying books (The Ax, about a man who wants vengeance on the company that downsized him out of a job, and probably Westlake’s most accomplished novel);”
― Jeffery Deaver, A Century of Great Suspense Stories

“THE LITTLE HOUSE
AT CROIX-ROUSSE Georges Simenon”
― Jeffery Deaver, A Century of Great Suspense Stories

“Foggy Mountain Breakdown and Other Stories (1997),”
― Jeffery Deaver, A Century of Great Suspense Stories

“He Who Hesitates (1965), Blood Relatives (1975), Long Time No See (1977) and The Big Bad City (1999).”
― Jeffery Deaver, A Century of Great Suspense Stories

“Ed McBain”
― Jeffery Deaver, A Century of Great Suspense Stories

“The Way Some People Die (1951), The Ivory Grin (1952), and The Far Side of the Dollar (1965) are particularly good novels. The Chill (1964)”
― Jeffery Deaver, A Century of Great Suspense Stories

“Ross Macdonald”
― Jeffery Deaver, A Century of Great Suspense Stories

“His best work bore the stamp of John O’Hara and John P. Marquand.”
― Jeffery Deaver, A Century of Great Suspense Stories

“I went to the CD player, choosing some soft and soothing soprano sax, courtesy of the late Art Porter.”
― Jeffery Deaver, A Century of Great Suspense Stories

“Anna Katharine Green”
― Jeffery Deaver, A Century of Great Suspense Stories

“Erle Stanley Gardner”
― Jeffery Deaver, A Century of Great Suspense Stories

“Anthony Boucher (1911–1968) was one of the most remarkable figures ever produced by the mystery genre. And”
― Jeffery Deaver, A Century of Great Suspense Stories

“the Matt Scudder novels (dark), including Eight Million Ways to Die, The Devil Knows You’re Dead, and the Edgar-winning A Dance at the Slaughterhouse, and the Bernie Rhodenbarr mysteries (humorous), including The Burglar Who Thought He Was Bogart, and The Burglar Who Traded Ted Williams.”
― Jeffery Deaver, A Century of Great Suspense Stories