“No private detective looks like a private detective. That's one of the first rules of private detection." "But if no private detective… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
My mum was a child minder, but now she fosters. My dad was in the police force, and now he's a private… — Finn Jones Copy Share Image
“You're a cop aren't you? A private detective. Isn't that the same thing? The cops guarantee order. All I do is uncover… — Manuel Vázquez Montalbán Copy Share Image
I am a private detective. I am paid to be inquisitive and presumptuous. — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
“Scaife rationalized his foundations’ funding of an obsessive investigation of President Clinton’s marital infidelities during the 1990s that came to be known… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
“Robin caught the door before it closed on the dingy stairwell. An old-fashioned metal staircase spiraled up around an equally antiquated birdcage… — Robert Galbraith Copy Share Image
Mars and Venus are at it again. This time, Hephaestus is standing by with a private detective, a photographer, and a lawyer. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Since the era of 'Sherlock Holmes,' private detectives had long been able to influence cases on their own. But the online detective,… — Michelle Dean Copy Share Image
I used to work as a private detective years and years ago. And my boss gave me this one very simple piece… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
“Matthew kept hinting that Strike was somehow a fake. He seemed to feel that being a private detective was a far-fetched job,… — Robert Galbraith Copy Share Image
“They had Rembrandt on the calendar that year, a rather smeary self-portrait due to imperfectly registered color plate. It showed him holding… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
“Flambeau, once the most famous criminal in France and later a very private detective in England, had long retired from both professions.… — G.K. Chesterton 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
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