There simply must be a corpse in a detective novel, and the deader the corpse the better. — S. S. Van Dine Copy Share Image
“If you don't like the path your life has taken, choose another.” — Robert G. DeMers Copy Share Image
“I stood there alone in the eerily silent streets of Las Vegas and listened to my penis cry.” — Warren Ellis Copy Share Image
I've always had a great fondness for English detective fiction such as Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers. — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
“When a man writes on a wall, his instinct leads him to write above the level of his own eyes.” — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
Britain can claim to lead the world in murder because it was a country that industrialized early. Other countries, going through the… — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
“Normally, I don't take to drinking so early in the morning, but I bend the rules when I get my ass kicked… — C.J. Fella Copy Share Image
It's no secret - I love detective fiction. One of the reasons I love being in London is because I like to… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I am talking about the general psychological health of the species, man. He needs the existence of mysteries. Not their solution. — John Fowles Copy Share Image
I think every writer of detective fiction writing today has been influenced by Mr. Parker. I'm of a generation that followed Robert… — Robert Crais Copy Share Image
Marshall Jevons is the pioneer for integrating economics and detective fiction, and The Mystery of the Invisible Hand is another fine effort… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
It's no secret - I love detective fiction. One of the reasons I love being in London is because I like to… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
“Injustice, large and small, was like sour, moldy bread. Consumed often enough, it brought on hunger for the meat of revenge.” — B.V. Lawson Copy Share Image
The private detective of fiction is a fantastic creation who acts and speaks like a real man. He can be completely realistic… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
“You’re not leaving. I told you that.” She worked to keep the calm in her tone to counter his fury. “I’m going… — Richard Castle Copy Share Image
“A sudden, uncontrollable fury rose in him, and he cast around for something to smash. He snatched the whiskey bottle from the… — Jo Nesbø Copy Share Image
“The private detective of fiction is a fantastic creation who acts and speaks like a real man. He can be completely realistic… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
“Ochoa pulled the door and held it open for her. Nikki pivoted around the jamb, squaring her aim up the hall. She… — Richard Castle Copy Share Image
“I’m trying to figure the rules. This isn’t yin and yang, it’s more like yin and yank. The past few days I’ve… — Richard Castle Copy Share Image
“The trouble with cops is not that they're dumb or crooked or tough, but that they think just being a cop gives… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
“All that stuff you read about detectives having microphones, guns, and other fancy gadgets in the drawers, is strictly for the cows.… — Saurbh Katyal Copy Share Image
“The heroes of urban fantasy come out of the hard-boiled mystery, while the villains, monsters, and antagonists have their own roots in… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“The detective story, as created by Poe, is something as specialised and as intellectual as a chess problem, whereas the best English… — T.S. Eliot Copy Share Image
A detective novel should contain no long descriptive passages, no literary dallying with side-issues, no subtly worked-out character analyses, no 'atmospheric' preoccupations.… — S. S. Van Dine Copy Share Image
“In the detective story, as in its mirror image, the Quest for the Grail, maps (the ritual of space) and timetables (the… — W.H. Auden Copy Share Image
“His mouth went dry and for a split second he had a metallic taste on the sides of his tongue. He stood,… — Hugo Woolley Copy Share Image
“When I think of highly plotted novels I think of detective fiction or mystery fiction, the kind of work that always produces… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
“It was always the same for her when she arrived to meet the body. After she unbuckled her seat belt, after she… — Richard Castle Copy Share Image
“Evil should not be, Detective Vera. Truly never can be. But in defining it as such, an inherent human bond with negativity… — John Claude Smith Copy Share Image
“He began as a minor imitator of Fitzgerald, wrote a novel in the late twenties which won a prize, became dissatisfied with… — Barry N. Malzberg Copy Share Image
“Now that we can buy anything we want we seem to read detective stories.” — Elizabeth Savage Copy Share Image
“A break from the task in hand and a cleared mind usually made him think better.” — Mark Ellis Copy Share Image
“I couldn’t stop staring. “Sweetheart,” he said, “is my slip showing or something?” — Shelly Reuben Copy Share Image
“She has carefully audited her life and found she has no requirement for a husband.” — Helen Smith Copy Share Image
“Al Hickey: It's not about anything. Frank Boggs: Yeah, it's about four hundred grand” — Phillip Rock Copy Share Image
![“The detective story, as created by Poe, is something as specialised and as intellectual as a chess problem, whereas the best English detective fiction has relied less on the beauty of the mathematical problem and much more on the intangible human element. [...] In The Moonstone the mystery is…” quote by T.S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/e7b/t-s-eliot-2-1761_detection_the-detective-story-as-created-by-poe-is_1679578.jpg)
