Detective stories Quote by Agatha Christie

“The detective had a kidnapping, he had a knife and he had blood. He had an insane old man. He was going in.”

— Darin Gibby

“The weirdest thing can squirrel an investigation Never speak ill of the dead, and never, ever, claim you've got a suspect until the court…

— Ridley Pearson

“That was some weird shit. A hospital run by demons, with a nursery run by a werewolf, a vampire and an ex-angel. There was…

— Larissa Ione

“Oh, for the love of God. There is no agent more agent than you. I swear you have pin-striped ties encrypted into your DNA.…

— Lisa Gardner

“Is this where you reveal you're secretly a serial killer and you're taking me to where you're going to bury my body in a…

— Lolita Lane

“I'd worked my share of serial killer cases, but none of the killers had ever mailed me a human head. That was new.”

— Laurell K. Hamilton

“I don't believe for one moment that I killed him [...] But if I didn't, somebody else did. I must appoint myself Investigator. I…

— Pamela Branch

“Think of Area X as a murderer we’re trying to catch.” “Oh great, that’s just great, now we’ve got a detective on staff, too.”

— Jeff VanderMeer

“watching the two detectives from the next room.”

— Michael Connelly

“Like a good detective story myself. Lots of nonsense written, though. Criminal discovered in last Chapter. Everyone dumbfounded. Real crime - you'd know at…

— Agatha Christie

“Dear me,’ he said. ‘This case gets stranger by the minute. Why can’t I have a nice stabbing in a Limehouse public house to…

— Tony Evans

“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 disorder.”

— Manuel Vázquez Montalbán