Detective Quote by Donald J. Sobol

Nothing will ever replace good old fashioned police work, but Facebook and Twitter have been like a tool on our belt, In some ways…

— William Bratton

My first year in L.A., I was in a band called Plain Jane, which is where the whole name Jani came from.

— Jani Lane

“I laughed, “I’m still the same plain old Will – just like I’ve always been.” He shook his head, his face serious, “There’s nothing…

— Heather Mar-Gerrison

I am not a fancy cook or an ambitious cook. I am a plain old cook.

— Laurie Colwin

“I like plain old you.”

— Kyra Dune

Johannes Cabal would kill me for saying this, but he's my favorite Zeppelin-hopping detective. The fellow has got all the charm of Bond and…

— Daniel H. Wilson

Sure, I'll have characters drop in and out of books but the main cast of characters always changes. Maybe I'm wrong but I think…

— Carl Hiaasen

What the detective story is about is not murder but the restoration of order.

— P. D. James

Detective, I don't know where the boyfriend is, really," I said. And it was true, considering tide, current, and the habits of marine scavengers.…

— Jeff Lindsay

Arthur Conan Doyle was entranced by the notion of a brilliant detective who can deduce everything a stranger has been up to from the…

— Rafael Yglesias

It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story.

— Agatha Christie

I read a lot of 'Nancy Drew' books as a kid and considered myself a bit of an amateur detective.

— Chelsea Cain