“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
“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
I love the French detective series 'Spiral.' It's quite brutal to watch, but I'm already hooked. — Robert Winston 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
No. I just don't want to be a detective. They figure out what happened after the fact, when it's too late. I… — Jennifer Echols Copy Share Image
“Every mystery novel I ever read, the great detective was such an arrogant fuck you could replace 70% of his dialogue with… — NisiOisiN Copy Share Image
In the summer of 2010, I had decided to get into film and TV writing, so I wrote scripts for six different… — Nic Pizzolatto Copy Share Image
“Sou detective particular, mas as provas não me interessam. Só as pistas. Porque só as pistas fazem sonhar.” — Nuno Artur Silva Copy Share Image
“Ah ha!" the Doc screeched suddenly, wheeling around. "The salicylic acid! Maybe it SHOULD have been heated first!” — Clare Havens Copy Share Image
“I don't know yet what we're called, or if we have a name. I know so little and need to learn so… — Nancy Gideon Copy Share Image
“His voice was the elaborately casual voice of the tough guy in pictures. Pictures have made them all like that.” — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
I've always thought that bartenders and hairstylists would be great interrogators because all day long they have to listen to people talk.… — Joelle Carter Copy Share Image
I think the idea of fact-checking, I think the idea that you come up through a system where you know how to… — Juan Williams Copy Share Image
“Elphaba gave him a sidelong glance. “I think you enjoy going to school, Nick. Are you sure canoodling with teenage girls isn’t… — Abramelin Keldor Copy Share Image
“He was wearing a gleaming cream-coloured linen suit, and a Panama hat. The weirdest thing about this was that he was not… — Alexis Hall Copy Share Image
Y'see, I get so bored so easily. I like to start with a clean slate each time. Sure, I'll have characters drop… — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
“It's a tough job being somebody's personal assistant. You have to anwser their phone, manage their correspondence, run their errands, pay their… — Lee Goldberg Copy Share Image
There are websites of 'True Detective' artwork out there now, and it's beautiful. And I don't want to take that away from… — Nic Pizzolatto Copy Share Image
“Ty: Your duffelbag is probably full of things you stole from the Institute. Kit: It ... might be. What's that got to… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“Starke entered his house a detective, slipped off his shoes and became a husband and father. It was five in the morning.… — Aaron Dries 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
“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
“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
“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 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
“My legion!” Stanley said. “I have achieved an even greater level of mastery! Behold!” He held up his beer mug and pointed… — Abramelin Keldor Copy Share Image
Love interest nearly always weakens a mystery because it introduces a type of suspense that is antagonistic to the detective's struggle to… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
“There can be no supernatural elements, no secret passages, no imaginary poisons, no Chinamen, no twins, no mystical intuitive powers, and the… — Christopher Fowler Copy Share Image
The thing I don't like about detective stories is looking for criminals. — Natsuo Kirino 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
A detective sees death in all the various forms at least five times a week. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A detective story generally describes six living men discussing how it is that a man is dead. A modern philosophic story generally… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“You’re fishing, Detective. Problem is you’ve got a line in the water, but you got no bait on your hook.” — Robert Dugoni 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
“In my junior year I discovered books. . . . Devoured [them] the way other kids did candy or sandwiches, spent days… — James Sallis Copy Share Image
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