In a mystery, the sleuth must be believably involved and…

We must be vigilant in our actions towards criminals, and innovative in our approach towards solving crime.

— Thomas Menino

The solving of almost every crime mystery depends on something which seems, at first glance, to bear no relation whatever to the original crime.

— Elsa Barker

Abigail Adams could become my favorite historical sleuth.

— Sharon Kay Penman

“We mothers have to be part sleuth, I realized.”

— Linda Greenlaw

“I buried my father, married my sister and sorted the missing will. ' Quinn, the Celebrant Sleuth”

— Hazel Edwards

“Across the rectory's east lawn, through a blizzard of flying leaves, something long and thin was flapping in the wind. A ragged figure in…

— Cash Peters

“I began to appreciate that the job of an amateur sleuth was not quite so straightforward as they make out in the whodunits.”

— Bruce Beckham

“She was a sleuth and sleuths had to follow rules. ‘Get to the point; don’t allow the subject to digress’ was one of them”

— Renita D'Silva

“Benjamin Munro was his name. She mouthed the syllables silently, Benjamin James Munro, twenty-six years old, late of London. He had no dependents, was…

— Kate Morton

Danger is the snack food of a true sleuth.

— Mac Barnett

“I rested my head on the wall behind me and closed my eyes, wishing my life had a button: Ignore All.”

— Rachel Brady

“I leveled the gun and fired until it was empty.”

— Rachel Brady

When you are studying from a book, lots of people go straight to the end to look for the answers. But that's not my…

— Erno Rubik

Creating is no problem - problem solving is not creating.

— Robert Fritz

Music is a lot more like solving an intricate puzzle with moments of pure, random creative bliss... whereas painting is much more purely random…

— Brandon Boyd