A detective sees death in all the various forms at least five times a week. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I left a note for my mother. I always leave a note for my mother when I am on a case.” — Marjorie Weinman Sharmat Copy Share Image
“Don't kid yourself. You're a dirty low-down detective. Kiss me.” — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
Unless you are good at guessing, it is not much use being a detective. — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
Of course the modern detective story puts off its best tricks till the last, but Doyle always put his best tricks first… — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
“if you find yourself playing detective with someone, you should remove them from your life immediately” — Jackson MacKenzie Copy Share Image
Andrea raised her eyebrows. "Look at you, all high-speed." "Yeah, you'd think I was a detective or something." Andrea held her hand… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
“The only way Magick ever has power is when its secrets are truly secret. Once too many people know how it works,… — Abramelin Keldor Copy Share Image
I really believe that studying organization, even in the form of studying detective story organization, is very, very valuable for a playwright,… — Peter Shaffer Copy Share Image
the detective's highest talent lay in the gentle art of seeking favours under the guise of conferring them! — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“The perfectly measured burr of a dispassionate detective had suddenly changed into the explosive boom of a take-no-shit street cop. Suffice it… — Cleo Coyle Copy Share Image
I believe there's a landscape that exists underneath everything that we can see in present-day stuff. And I think that makes life… — Stephen Hopkins Copy Share Image
“Mary’s hands clenched. She’d been through fire, what with a murder, and white supremacists. And what about Caroline, who had gone undercover… — Susan Rowland Copy Share Image
“Dana was what Steve called a "silent partner" in the Brixton Brothers Detective Agency. Being a silent partner meant that Dana didn't… — Mac Barnett Copy Share Image
“This piece of shit just propositioned the French detective. What's wrong with my translation program?'' ''Let me have a shot.'' Peabody came… — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“Thanks to Dashiell Hammett. "He was thin, walked with a stick, and was the only private dick I knew who used the… — Thomas deKooning Copy Share Image
The reality of any location in Britain being used in a TV program of a film is that something bad is going… — Ben Wheatley Copy Share Image
I suppose I'm not quite the oldest detective on the block - David Jason is. When's he going to retire and give… — John Nettles Copy Share Image
“No private detective looks like a private detective. That's one of the first rules of private detection." "But if no private detective… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
The English tradition offers the great tapestry novel, where you have the emotional aspect of a detective's personal life, the circumstances of… — Elizabeth George Copy Share Image
“She could kill someone else. Who’s to know?” Once again the detective turned and squinted out across the river. “It’s a problem,”… — William Peter Blatty Copy Share Image
“We played a couple games of pool and shared a basket of fried shrimp and onion rings. He was a good player,… — Kendric Neal 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
“I had chosen to play the detective—and if there is one thing that unites all the detectives I've ever read about, it's… — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
“It has often been said that the more unusual the murder the easier it is to solve, but this is a theory… — Peter Ackroyd Copy Share Image
“I didn’t think—” Nick began. “You didn’t think ! That’s your problem, Nick, you just don’t think!” Nick struggled to respond. “You’re… — Abramelin Keldor Copy Share Image
“Jean smirked, and delicately swirled the mic in his hands, careful not to make a sound. “Oui. C’est normal. C'est pas spécial.… — Zechariah Barrett Copy Share Image
“I get a little obsessive, it was my hallmark as a coach. I'm more effective when it gets personal and I tend… — Kendric Neal Copy Share Image
“Jesus, kid, you're almost a detective. All you need now is a gun, a gut, and three ex-wives.” — John Green Copy Share Image
“Hard work is great. It buys you more tickets to the luck lottery.” — Steven David Levine Copy Share Image
Crime stories show us the part of people's lives they try to keep hidden. — Bill James Copy Share Image
“One of the rules of the Detective Society is that we never say no to tea.” — Robin Stevens Copy Share Image
To be a good detective you must also think like a crook, an immoral, unethical or unlawful person — Robert Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
“Don't wanna ever take your shoes off in coconut land. Never know when you're gonna have to run.” — Dianne Harman Copy Share Image
