“Are you sure I’m the lead detective on this case? All I seem to be doing is watching you have” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You dont have to be a detective, just to detect it. any man lie to your face how you respect it. — Young Jeezy Copy Share Image
“Now that we can buy anything we want we seem to read detective stories.” — Elizabeth Savage Copy Share Image
I saw part of The Singing Detective on TV in New York. I said, Something is going on here. — Alain Resnais 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
In detective stories . . . I alternately identify myself with the murderer and the huntsman-detective, but . . . there are… — Bertrand Russell 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
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
I used to audition for 'NYPD Blue' quite a bit, so I had this stock New York detective character that I would… — Mark Valley Copy Share Image
“And whoever it is you love, Detective, use your time wisely. I’m at the end of this road, and you’re at the… — Kaje Harper Copy Share Image
I've been on a ranch. I've been in outer space. For a short, unhappy period I was a detective. I've also played… — Lorne Greene 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
The best critics do not worry about what the author might think. That would be like a detective worrying about what a… — Craig Brown Copy Share Image
“Look after this girl, Mildred. She's a menace to murderers." A menace to murderers? I quite liked that. If I ever have… — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
That's the trouble with playing a cutting-edge narcotics detective - you've got to wear what's topical at the moment. My kids tease… — Clark Johnson 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
“[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 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
“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
“A smile is hidden beneath the mustache, it crinkles the corners of his hooded eyes. “I didn’t. I have other business in… — Gwenn Wright Copy Share Image
“My motto? Don’t trust someone who is just as cagey as yourself." "What kind of detective are you?” “A lousy one and… — Peggy A. Edelheit 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
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
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
“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
“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
“If we were all as wise as we should be, we would have no stories to tell” — Freeman Wills Croft Copy Share Image
Cinematic icons of the police detective are more male role models than female. — Frances McDormand Copy Share Image
“Well, strap my ass to a flagpole and hoist it skyward' an all to familiar voice declared.” — Keri Arthur 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
I've always felt if you followed a real private detective around, it would be boring. — Powers Boothe Copy Share Image
What the detective story is about is not murder but the restoration of order. — P. D. James Copy Share Image
“We aren’t angels. Angels couldn’t breathe the air down here. They’d die.” — James Sallis 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 out of Oxford, but I didn't hit anybody, and only brushed the farm cart slightly. It wasn't his automobile either, and what do men know about driving?” quote by Laurie R. King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9a9/laurie-r-king-9494_detective_hugh-winced-as-i-squealed-the-tyres-but_2456052.jpg)
