Cinematic icons of the police detective are more male role models than female. — Frances McDormand Copy Share Image
“This is the last time I ever get a private detective off the internet.” — Sophie Kinsella Copy Share Image
“We aren’t angels. Angels couldn’t breathe the air down here. They’d die.” — James Sallis Copy Share Image
Every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective. — John Buchan Copy Share Image
I read a lot of 'Nancy Drew' books as a kid and considered myself a bit of an amateur detective. — Chelsea Cain Copy Share Image
I came to believe that being a private detective was the work I was meant to do. — Shirley Jackson Copy Share Image
'True Detective' is a densely layered work with resonant details and symbology and rich characterization under the guise of one of the… — Nic Pizzolatto Copy Share Image
I particular enjoy the crime writer, Walter Ellis Mosley. He does a series of Chandler-esque detective stories. — Lennie James Copy Share Image
I think, in a lot of ways, if you really strip down some of the most compelling novels, in a lot of… — Laura van den Berg Copy Share Image
“People aren't always who they seem, Detective. Am I anything like you thought?" "No," I admitted. You're a million times better than… — Dani Alexander Copy Share Image
Anything that has to do with noir and space, I'm gonna love. When you've got a noir-ish, pulpy detective in a science… — Thomas Jane Copy Share Image
“In my junior year I discovered books. . . . Devoured [them] the way other kids did candy or sandwiches, spent days… — James Sallis Copy Share Image
“There are very good reasons why neither doctors nor detectives should work on cases too close to home. It warps perspective.” — J.A. Jance 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
“He can see what move I'm planning to make in chess and counters before I can do it. He always knows who… — Sangu Mandanna Copy Share Image
“There were men in their fifties, men who take a stab at fitness, men who try. They may not look young, but… — Lily Gardner Copy Share Image
“Down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid. The detective must… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
Sometimes I work purely 8-12 shifts, banging stuff into the computer. Other times, my office is like a scene from a detective… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
I am such a 'True Detective' fan. I was anticipating it each Sunday as it came. I'm kind of a sci-fi fan.… — Pedro Pascal 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
“[Hugh] winced as I squealed the tyres, but after all, it wasn't his motorcar. Holmes did more than wince before we were… — Laurie R. King Copy Share Image
The more I hung out with detective squads, the more there was always one guy or two guys or a woman who… — Richard Price Copy Share Image
“Murder investigations start with the victim, because usually in the first instance that's all you've got. The study of the victim is… — Ben Aaronovitch Copy Share Image
“The Nightside CSI is only one man, pleasant enough, calm and easy going, and very professional. It probably helps that he has… — Simon R. Green Copy Share Image
I could have just said I'm good at my job, but I didn't. Didn't want the police thinking I was holding out… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
“Elphaba’s face darkened again. Then she asked, hesitantly, as if afraid of the answer, “So, how do you get the evil life… — Abramelin Keldor Copy Share Image
The general public have a warped view of the speed at which an investigation proceeds. They like to imagine tense conversations going… — Ben Aaronovitch Copy Share Image
“Learning to interpret the constant string of lies and excuses fed to you from kids terrified of failure but careening towards it… — Kendric Neal Copy Share Image
“She tilted her head to the right. "You didn't even tell me you had taken the case." "I had done what? Oh,… — Dashiell Hammett Copy Share Image
It is a mistake to confound strangeness with mystery. The most commonplace crime is often the most mysterious because it presents no… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
Let me express how much I don't care on a scale of one to bite me," the former detective said. — Darynda Jones Copy Share Image
“I should have known better than to take a job as an assistant to a psychic detective.” — Jayne Ann Krentz Copy Share Image
“It was clear that in a past life the detective had been a phone booth beside an empty highway.” — Amelia Gray Copy Share Image
What the detective story is about is not murder but the restoration of order. — P. D. James Copy Share Image
I've always felt if you followed a real private detective around, it would be boring. — Powers Boothe Copy Share Image
I didn't know I was doing film noir, I thought they were detective stories with low lighting! — Marie Windsor Copy Share Image
I love the French detective series 'Spiral.' It's quite brutal to watch, but I'm already hooked. — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
The thing I don't like about detective stories is looking for criminals. — Natsuo Kirino Copy Share Image
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