I enjoy doing the research of nonfiction; that gives me some pleasure, being a detective again. — Joseph Wambaugh Copy Share Image
“Because it is my desire. Is that not enough?" [Sherlock Holmes on his raison d'être .]” — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
I know who I am. And after all these years, there's a victory in that. — Matthew McConaughey Copy Share Image
Operating in an unlit world, the unconscious mind is a brilliant detective. — Jo Coudert Copy Share Image
I love the French detective series 'Spiral.' It's quite brutal to watch, but I'm already hooked. — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
A detective sees death in all the various forms at least five times a week. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Chuckling to herself, Nancy said aloud, "Romance and detective work won't mix tonight! — Carolyn Keene Copy Share Image
I think it's important to recognise that 'The Da Vinci Code' opened up a vast new audience for a general readership interested… — Elizabeth Kostova Copy Share Image
Andrea raised her eyebrows. "Look at you, all high-speed." "Yeah, you'd think I was a detective or something." Andrea held her hand… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
Of course the modern detective story puts off its best tricks till the last, but Doyle always put his best tricks first… — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
The problem facing a comprehender is analogous to the problem that a detective faces when trying to solve a crime. In both… — David Rumelhart Copy Share Image
Love interest nearly always weakens a mystery because it introduces a type of suspense that is antagonistic to the detective's struggle to… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
“There are very good reasons why neither doctors nor detectives should work on cases too close to home. It warps perspective.” — J.A. Jance Copy Share Image
the detective's highest talent lay in the gentle art of seeking favours under the guise of conferring them! — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
I think these days an SF connection would be a boost to other books; I'm sure more people have read my two… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Bosh. I find a rival - but no, I won't flatter myself that Tecumseh Fox would consider himself a rival of Dol… — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
I went to a mystery writers conference ... and I learned a lot not only from the faculty - and in the… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
I'm not a detective from Baker Street or an old lady who solves crimes while she's knitting in an easy chair. I'm… — Mizuki Nomura Copy Share Image
Too many times I see these omnipotent detectives who know everything, who pull up in really slick cars, and their hair's all… — Robson Green Copy Share Image
“How about the wrong crowd," I said. "You getting in with them?" "Not much luck," Paul said. "I'm trying like hell, but… — Robert B. Parker 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
These days we don’t have to fit into something other people think we are. We’ve leveled the playing field, life is inclusive.… — Mariska Hargitay Copy Share Image
“Down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid. The detective must… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
I spent a lot of time with a real detective, a lady detective inspector who was the only female detective inspector in… — Emily Mortimer Copy Share Image
“The Special Operations Network was instigated to handle policing duties considered either too unusual or too specialized to be tackled by the… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
Yeah, I'd say there's probably about a couple of hundred people I admire - but that has nothing to do with what… — Tom Verlaine Copy Share Image
It was about eleven o'clock in the morning, mid October, with the sun not shining and a look of hard wet rain… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
A hand from Washington will be stretched out and placed upon every man’s business; the eye of the federal inspector will be… — Richard E. Byrd Copy Share Image
“The two men sat silent for a little, and then Lord Peter said: "D'you like your job?" The detective considered the question,… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
My first job was with the Burns Detective Agency. They sent me over to the East River to guard coal barges during… — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
Mma Ramotswe had a detective agency in Africa, at the foot of Kgale Hill. These were its assets: a tiny white van,… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
Read like a detective and write like a conscientious investigative reporter. — David Coleman Copy Share Image
Unless you are good at guessing, it is not much use being a detective. — Agatha Christie 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
What the detective story is about is not murder but the restoration of order. — P. D. James 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
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