“I should have known better than to take a job as an assistant to a psychic detective.” — Jayne Ann Krentz 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
“Individuals vary, but percentages remain constant. So says the statistician.” — Anonymous 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
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
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
“here’s where I introduce “The Detective Rule.” The idea is simple: if you find yourself playing detective with someone, you should remove… — Jackson MacKenzie Copy Share Image
I would say 'The Chill' by Ross Macdonald is sort of a prototypical example of how the private detective genre elevates itself… — Shane Black Copy Share Image
“He was a detective, but he didn’t detect anything. It fell into his lap, already broken, every time.” — Jodi Picoult 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
When I was growing up, my stepmother's sister was the chief detective in one of the adjoining towns, so she piqued my… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
When you're a detective on the midnight shift, you don't have a specialty: you roll on any time they need a detective,… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
“He has considerable gifts himself. He possesses two out of the three qualities necessary for the ideal detective. He has the power… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“...Our friend Nunheim was filled full of .32s just about an hour after he copped the sneak on us - deader'n hell.… — Dashiell Hammett Copy Share Image
If I'm home with no chore at hand, and a package of books has come, the television set and the chess board… — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
“Elphaba concentrated on the first Oompa-Loompa on the left. “ Iskviesti Zaibo !” A bolt of lightning seemed to come from everywhere… — Abramelin Keldor Copy Share Image
Arthur Conan Doyle was entranced by the notion of a brilliant detective who can deduce everything a stranger has been up to… — Rafael Yglesias Copy Share Image
“Consider being more of a prudent detective when it comes to the statements and content online that is shared with you online.… — Loren Weisman Copy Share Image
“Nick pulled a business card out of a pocket and handed it to Elphaba. It read Nicholas Lynch, Inspector, Ministry of Magick… — Abramelin Keldor Copy Share Image
I read a lot of detective stories because they always deliver. They give you a beginning, a middle, and an end -… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
“He walked back to St George's-in-the-East, which in his mind he had now reduced to a number of surfaces against which the… — Peter Ackroyd Copy Share Image
“Perhaps this is the purpose of detective investigations, real and fictional -- to transform sensation, horror and grief into a puzzle, and… — Kate Summerscale Copy Share Image
“Taylor and Fitz sat at a patio table in the back of Las Palmas. The front room was filled with giggling Vanderbilt… — J.T. Ellison Copy Share Image
I think Dirk [Gently] thinks that he's a brilliant detective, but he's the worst detective, ever. He does have this particular skill,… — Samuel Barnett 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
“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
“Murder investigations start with the victim, because usually in the first instance that's all you've got. The study of the victim is… — Ben Aaronovitch Copy Share Image
“The Nightside CSI is only one man, pleasant enough, calm and easy going, and very professional. It probably helps that he has… — Simon R. Green Copy Share Image
“Now that we can buy anything we want we seem to read detective stories.” — Elizabeth Savage 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
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
“England, you'll find Detective Inspector Mya Dove. With two years' experience on the force, this six year” — Zuni Blue Copy Share Image
You picked the seats you did for a reason, right? Familiarity. Too bad the best sleuths avoid familiarity. It dulls the investigative… — Becca Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
“The first time we met I told you I was a detective. Get it through your lovely head. I work at it,… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
![“I think Dirk [Gently] thinks that he's a brilliant detective, but he's the worst detective, ever. He does have this particular skill, which I suppose you might call a really bad superpower because it's just not very helpful. He is able to sense the connections between things and he's nearly always…” quote by Samuel Barnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/296/samuel-barnett-15432_able_i-think-dirk-gently-thinks-that-he-s-a-b_728231.jpg)
