Detective stories Quote by Agatha Christie

“Do you mean to tell me, Superintendent, that this is one of those damned cases you get in detective stories where a man is…

— Agatha Christie

You have a tendency, Hastings, to prefer the least likely. That, no doubt, is from reading too many detective stories.

— Agatha Christie

“But I have already told the beginning, so right now it's the middle. And Zeb is in the middle of the story about Zeb.…

— Margaret Atwood

“Why perform a meta-analysis? what is a meta-analysis? Meta-analysis is an analytical approach designed to summarize the consequences of multiple research.”

— Madhukar Shivajirao Dama

“I stared at the list, as though willing the murderer's name to appear in red letters before my eyes. I felt I was so…

— Ashley Weaver

“They do think the world is some kind of science-fiction novel, then. Do you realize how fervently most people will believe in the promises…

— Dexter Palmer

“A monster crosses over into the everyday world. The mortals struggle and show great courage, but it’s no use. The monster kills first the…

— Daryl Gregory

“As far as I'm concerned, you can't beat a good whodunnit: the twists and turns, the clues and the red herrings and then, finally,…

— Anthony Horowitz

“In the novels, it always seemed best to keep the suspect talking. Inevitably, help would arrive. I really held out no hope for such…

— Ashley Weaver

“Pulaski had never been one for the overwrought plot; any entanglement he could imagine between these two lines of evidence was willful to the…

— Garth Risk Hallberg

“This quote is often falsely attributed to Mark Twain.”

— Randall Munroe

“It was one of those perfect Autumn days so common in stories and rare in the real world.”

— Patrick Rothfuss