“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
“Well, strap my ass to a flagpole and hoist it skyward' an all to familiar voice declared.” — Keri Arthur Copy Share Image
“This is the last time I ever get a private detective off the internet.” — Sophie Kinsella Copy Share Image
Cinematic icons of the police detective are more male role models than female. — Frances McDormand Copy Share Image
I read a lot of 'Nancy Drew' books as a kid and considered myself a bit of an amateur detective. — Chelsea Cain 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
“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
In detective stories . . . I alternately identify myself with the murderer and the huntsman-detective, but . . . there are… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“In case, I would prefer to say, that some circumstances should strike me in a different light to the one in which… — Agatha Christie 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
'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 tend to be a fan of darker shows and love 'The Americans,' 'Ray Donovan,' 'True Detective,' 'House of Cards' and 'Peaky… — Erika Christensen Copy Share Image
“People aren't always who they seem, Detective. Am I anything like you thought?" "No," I admitted. You're a million times better than… — Dani Alexander Copy Share Image
“He thought his detective brain as good as the criminal's, which was true. But he fully realised the disadvantage. "The criminal is… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
I think you want a little unofficial help. Three undetected murders in one year won't do, Lestrade. But you handled the Molesey… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“How could I tell Clarence that finding another dead body was anything but dreadful? On the contrary: it was thrilling; it was… — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
I think the first thing is don't give up. If you love the craft. If you love being a detective and discovering… — Lin Shaye Copy Share Image
“His most characteristic detective stories end with the realization that no rational account of events is possible, and his suspense stories tend… — Francis M. Nevins Copy Share Image
A detective with his murder mystery, a chemist seeking the structure of a new compound, use little of the formal and logical… — Gilbert N. Lewis Copy Share Image
Sure, I'll have characters drop in and out of books but the main cast of characters always changes. Maybe I'm wrong but… — Carl Hiaasen 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
It is a mistake to confound strangeness with mystery. The most commonplace crime is often the most mysterious because it presents no… — Arthur Conan Doyle 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
“She could kill someone else. Who’s to know?” Once again the detective turned and squinted out across the river. “It’s a problem,”… — William Peter Blatty 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
“Generally he knew by instinct the likely length of an investigation, but on this occasion he did not: as he fought to… — Peter Ackroyd Copy Share Image
I began wanting to create a detective who really turned the tables on that image of women, to know that you could… — Sara Paretsky Copy Share Image
“In the detective story, as in its mirror image, the Quest for the Grail, maps (the ritual of space) and timetables (the… — W.H. Auden Copy Share Image
I came to believe that being a private detective was the work I was meant to do. — Shirley Jackson Copy Share Image
“We aren’t angels. Angels couldn’t breathe the air down here. They’d die.” — James Sallis Copy Share Image
Every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective. — John Buchan Copy Share Image
What the detective story is about is not murder but the restoration of order. — P. D. James Copy Share Image
I've always felt if you followed a real private detective around, it would be boring. — Powers Boothe Copy Share Image
Let me express how much I don't care on a scale of one to bite me," the former detective said. — Darynda Jones Copy Share Image
