“Norm was lean, his short, straight black hair parted on the side, his mustache trimmed like he’d never heard of Adolf Hitler.” — Jane Sunday Copy Share Image
Anyone who has ever tried to plot a detective mystery knows that the hardest thing to come up with is motive. — Elif Batuman Copy Share Image
There are so many detective shows on television, aren't there? There's a real glut of grisly and violent ones, that aren't my… — Helen Baxendale Copy Share Image
If you look at the best-seller list for American fiction, they're all sequels to detective stories or stories about hunting serial killers.… — Albert Brooks Copy Share Image
When I'm working on a serious and solid book ... I read about a detective novel a day. It's the best legal… — Mary Lee Settle Copy Share Image
The 'River Monsters' episodes acted a bit like a whodunit - there was a crime scene, maybe someone had been pulled under,… — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
Sue Grafton's 'A Is for Alibi', the 1982 novel that introduced the world to private detective Kinsey Millhone, wasn't seen as the… — Sarah Weinman Copy Share Image
“The criminal mind is perverted and convoluted but almost invariably unimaginative,'he said as Molly came out in a fluster” — M.R.C. Kasasian Copy Share Image
Everybody thinks detectives do nothing but ask questions.But detectives have souls the same as anyone else… You know, Mrs. Beragon, being a… — Ranald MacDougall Copy Share Image
I never read detective novels. I started out in graduate school writing a more serious book. Right around that time I read… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
“...you cannot enter into an investigation with a philosophy that dictates the outcome. Objectivity is paramount; this is the first principle of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Unless you've ever been a law enforcement officer or a prosecutor handling a difficult homicide case, you cannot know what it's like… — Angela Corey Copy Share Image
“When I saw the Twilight movies I thought being a Vampyre was so romantic. When my friends decided to be Vampyres it… — Abramelin Keldor 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
“ "One cannot be a mother without first being a person; family, husband, and children should not be allowed, as is so… — Vannessagrace Copy Share Image
“Immortal.” Melanie paused and stared into space for a moment, her mouth moving with nothing coming out. “That is way cool,” she… — Abramelin Keldor Copy Share Image
We were seeing TV becoming increasingly cinematic, with stuff like 'True Detective.' And 'Game of Thrones' opened up 'genre TV' and showed… — Ross Duffer Copy Share Image
I loved 'True Detective' so much in Season 1, and then when the Season 2 monstrosity came around, I was like, 'What… — David Harbour Copy Share Image
These detective series on TV always end at precisely the right moment-after the criminal is arrested and before the court turns him… — Robert Orben 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
We could certainly use a detective. And I've got to hand it to you, Nancy - you sure can keep your head. — Carolyn Keene Copy Share Image
“I'd like to give these detective story writers a course of routine work. They'd soon learn how most things are untraceable and… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“Sevarin had been dismissive about the chance of finding out anything useful from the cops, but when it came to getting information,… — sarah zettel Copy Share Image
make no mistake about it, the detective-story is part of the literature of escape, and not of expression. — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
“You're a cop aren't you? A private detective. Isn't that the same thing? The cops guarantee order. All I do is uncover… — Manuel Vázquez Montalbán Copy Share Image
“Fool. He's as bad as Watson, trying to throw himself in harm's way for the sake of the Great Detective.” — Emma Jane Holloway Copy Share Image
If Sherlock Holmes can survive the Reichenbach Falls, then surely we have not seen the last of Detective Sergeant John Munch. — Richard Belzer Copy Share Image
With the Great Detective, to think was to act, and to act was to think. Frequently he could do both together. — Stephen Leacock Copy Share Image
“Firstly,” Jackaby said with a sigh, “a ‘proper detective’ is about the last thing a good detective wants to look like, most… — William Ritter Copy Share Image
The great thing about detective stories, in particular, the case can always be interesting as well as the characters. — Shane Black Copy Share Image
I played a homosexual bodyguard in 'The Last Detective,' and that was quite a pleasure to do something slightly different. I was… — Dave Legeno Copy Share Image
I know what kind of things I myself have been irritated by in detective stories. They are often about one or two… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Would you like some more pancakes?" Annie asked. I could tell that Annie was a smart girl. I hate to eat on… — Marjorie Weinman Sharmat Copy Share Image
“Oh, I’m interested in everything, Joe. That’s why I’m a bloody brilliant detective.’ She gave him her widest smile. ‘That’s why I’m… — Ann Cleeves Copy Share Image
My manager sent me the first two scripts for 'True Detective,' and I just thought they were so interesting and that the… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
“Simon's brain tried to comprehend the situation. 'Was an international supermodel really holding Doc Gutson, leader of the infamous Bloodworth Gang, captive?” — Clare Havens Copy Share Image
I think Detective Murdoch would say that what sets Canada apart is that we are known for being above board, that we… — Yannick Bisson Copy Share Image
My mum was a child minder, but now she fosters. My dad was in the police force, and now he's a private… — Finn Jones Copy Share Image
“To me, detective stories are a great solace, a sort of mental knitting, where it doesn't matter if you drop a stitch."… — Rupert Hart-Davis Copy Share Image
“You don’t rewrite it, censor it, or edit it, to suit some warped view you have of the past and your own… — V.T. Davy Copy Share Image
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