At first I imagined I'd write detective novels, because I loved 'Nancy Drew.' — Martha Nussbaum Copy Share Image
You can always tell a detective on TV. He never takes his hat off. — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
A guy like Bray Wyatt, he could easily have played something in 'True Detective.' — Edge Copy Share Image
“The truth must be quite plain, if one could just clear away the litter.” — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“XVXVI, or 10-5-10-5-1, yielded H-E-H-E-A, which, unless she wanted to show her derisive laughter, made no sense.” — Laurie R. King Copy Share Image
I have an aunt who was a detective in D.C. for over 25 years, and I always wondered how she was able… — Simone Missick Copy Share Image
I love the Swedish people for their detective novels, their archipelago, their sense of humor, their carbonated vodka, and most especially, for… — Michael Levitt Copy Share Image
Occasionally, I have written about stories related to crime, but I have never attempted a traditional detective story. So I want to… — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
Anyone can write a detective story about a detective who fails, for Pete's sake. That's pretty unambitious. — Mark Waid Copy Share Image
“I could tell he was becoming sulky, as boys and men do when they're caught bluffing. And I ignored him, as girls… — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
I went to get a detective story. You have to kill time. But time will kill me too - and there´s the… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
“Nick wouldn’t dream of going on a case without his beloved cat. After all, they had been together for over three hundred… — Abramelin Keldor Copy Share Image
If you think of most murders as being between people who know each other, it's very easy to figure out who the… — Cary Fukunaga 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
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
They [people who were actually CSIs ] try to be as accurate as possible as far as like swabbing and getting it… — Boti Bliss 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
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
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
“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
“So, what if your entire body was, oh I don’t know, dropped into molten metal?” Nick laughed. “Like the end of Terminator… — Abramelin Keldor Copy Share Image
“I figured you for a hooker." Lily blinked at him. Neither of them moved. Even Elvis quit singing... "A hooker?...What a dilemma… — Lori Foster Copy Share Image
“1. The criminal must be mentioned in the early part of the story, but must not be anyone whose thoughts the reader… — Ronald A. Knox Copy Share Image
“Good, evil, these are human concepts, ways people have for understanding what it means to be alive,” Nick said. “Before people came… — Abramelin Keldor Copy Share Image
“Being a homicide detective can be the loneliest job in the world. The friends of the victim are upset and in despair,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The detective story, as created by Poe, is something as specialised and as intellectual as a chess problem, whereas the best English… — T.S. Eliot Copy Share Image
“The light clicks on, right above my head, drawing my eyes to it. The moment I look up, squinting, I know I’m… — Israel Elysium Copy Share Image
“Natalie said, “That detective in charge of the case: is he your Jake?” My mouth dried. The words felt arid and dusty… — Josh Lanyon Copy Share Image
![“They [people who were actually CSIs ] try to be as accurate as possible as far as like swabbing and getting it into the centrifuge and whatever all that takes, but I know that definitely we tend to get a case solved all in one week when in reality it takes years to solve one, I think.” quote by Boti Bliss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27e/boti-bliss-19945_accurate_they-people-who-were-actually-csis-try-t_2925957.jpg)
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