To read of a detective's daring finesse or ingenious stratagem is a rare joy. — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
“The detectives ransack the place with the passion of soldiers fighting a just war.” — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
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 think about it, the historian's task is like that of the detective. — David Herbert Donald Copy Share Image
I wanted to play a TV detective because it's a rite of passage; I wanted to experience every area of acting. I… — Olivia Williams Copy Share Image
There is even - as with no other game - a fascinating detective literature, a wry commentary on the human comedy, implicit… — Alistair Cooke Copy Share Image
Detective, I don't know where the boyfriend is, really," I said. And it was true, considering tide, current, and the habits of… — Jeff Lindsay Copy Share Image
“I don't take much stock of detectives in novels - chaps that do things and never let you see how they do… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
The detective novel is the art-for-art's-sake of our yawning Philistinism, the classic example of a specialized form of art removed from contact… — V. S. Pritchett Copy Share Image
“We women have intuition," Barby said loftily. "I wouldn't expect you to understand. I can't imagine why there aren't more women detectives.” — John Blaine Copy Share Image
She's so obnoxious. Like a whole Saturday night drunk tank full of obnoxious packed into one little body." Detective Cavuto — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
Well I think that the mind of a serial killer and the mind of the detectives represent the duality we face as… — Paul Guilfoyle Copy Share Image
The vast results obtained by Science are won by no mystical faculties, by no mental processes other than those which are practiced… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
The kind of issues that we face as detectives are similar to what the other married couples out there are facing, or… — Michael Ealy Copy Share Image
I was enamored of detectives as a teenager. I liked what they did - piecing things together, thinking about situations. But to… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
“All my instincts are one way, and all the facts are the other, and I much fear that British juries have not… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“Maybe this is what it feels like for civilians when they see cops doing some of the dirty work. A lot of… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
I love soap operas - the stories, the plots! And I love the game shows and the courtroom dramas and the detectives… — Peter Ackroyd Copy Share Image
I chose 'No. 1 Ladies' Detective,' or I'll say it chose me, and it was an absolute blessing, for the experience of… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, I dreamed about becoming a cowgirl, a detective, a spy, a great actress, or a ballerina. Not… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
The longer I live, the longer I realize that batting is more a mental matter than it is physical. The ability to… — Ty Cobb Copy Share Image
Rita folded her arms around herself and peered up at me. “If you’d asked me three months ago I’d have said you… — C.E. Murphy Copy Share Image
So many of the great detectives that we see on television now owe their origins to Sherlock Holmes. What was very exciting… — Nina Tassler Copy Share Image
Captain Crawford didn't like the idea of any kind of murder, but he went at it patiently and honestly and with none… — Leslie Ford Copy Share Image
“You said you’re certain the person the two of you ran off this property is a woman?” Both Keston and Jaden nodded.… — Lawana Dinkins Copy Share Image
Yeah, I'd say there's probably about a couple of hundred people I admire - but that has nothing to do with what… — Tom Verlaine Copy Share Image
“The Special Operations Network was instigated to handle policing duties considered either too unusual or too specialized to be tackled by the… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
My first job was with the Burns Detective Agency. They sent me over to the East River to guard coal barges during… — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
Only once in a generation does anything as fresh as a vomiting detective come along. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
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