Crime Quote by Diane Mott Davidson

The solving of almost every crime mystery depends on something which seems, at first glance, to bear no relation whatever to the original crime.

— Elsa Barker

When we come upon assurances that a mystery has been solved, we go on investigating.

— Charles Fort

There's a structure to a detective story that I can easily understand. I understand playing that particular game. It's like solving a puzzle. Or…

— Christopher Bollen

Anyone who has ever tried to plot a detective mystery knows that the hardest thing to come up with is motive.

— Elif Batuman

If you're reading a mystery novel, you kind of want the character to solve the crime instead of completely bumble their way through it.

— Andrew Shaffer

Daring young sleuth uncovers thrilling, dangerous, adventures goals and solves breathless suspense.

— Kishore Bansal

You find when you're writing a detective story that you're actually not trying to solve anything. You're trying to stop the reader from solving…

— Christopher Bollen

Mystery is an intellectual process... But suspense is essentially an emotional process.

— Alfred Hitchcock

A mystery is solved with a story.

— Anonymous

Where there is mystery, it is generally suspected there must also be evil.

— Lord Byron

Investigative pieces tend to be great stories because they haven't been told before. The process can be frustrating and stressful, but the result is…

— Mina Kimes

Either you capture the mystery of things or you reveal the mystery. Everything else is just information.

— Raghu Rai