Detective Quote by Donald J. Sobol Download Open image ““The case called for plain, old-fashioned police leg work!”” — Donald J. Sobol ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Detective
“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 Copy Share Image
“I think the case is so strong that I can tell you the day you see a camera come into our courtroom, it's going… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The police, finding a corpse with twenty-eight stab wounds in a bathtub, suspected foul play.” — Tim Kreider Copy Share Image
“Police only have to see that me don’t have no shoes before he say what the bloodcloth you nasty naiggers doing ’round decent people,… — Marlon James Copy Share Image
“Witnessing the incompetence of the police has made me scared to call them!” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
“Whatever it was that had drawn him to police work, that had wed him to the job for so many years, it surely wasn't… — John Verdon Copy Share Image
“the police are only doing what they were trained to do, and what they are constantly encouraged to do by the courts.” — James Duane Copy Share Image
“I have a chance to chance to trade my bicycle for a sword," said Peter. "I want to make sure the sure the sword… — Donald J. Sobol Copy Share Image
“An encyclopedia is a book or set of books filled with facts from A to Z. So was Encyclopedia's head. He had read more… — Donald J. Sobol Copy Share Image
“Idaville looked like many seaside towns on the outside. On the inside, however, it was different. Very different. No one, grown-up or child, got… — Donald J. Sobol Copy Share Image
“When a passenger of foot heave in sight, tootle the horn. Trumpet at him melodiously first, but if he still obstacles your passage, then… — Donald J. Sobol Copy Share Image
“Idaville looked like many seaside towns on the outside. On the inside, however, it was different. Very different.” — Donald J. Sobol Copy Share Image
“When I saw the Twilight movies I thought being a Vampyre was so romantic. When my friends decided to be Vampyres it was so… — Abramelin Keldor Copy Share Image
“Stomach full of jitters, little beasts that were second cousins to guacamolians—little green monsters that wreaked havoc in your stomach.” — William Kely McClung Copy Share Image
I read a lot of 'Nancy Drew' books as a kid and considered myself a bit of an amateur detective. — Chelsea Cain Copy Share Image
It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story. — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“Frankly, I wish I could make my heart quit doing an extra thump when Wolfe says satisfactory, Archie. It's childish.” — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
I used to audition for 'NYPD Blue' quite a bit, so I had this stock New York detective character that I would bring in… — Mark Valley Copy Share Image
I've written a detective series myself, set in an imaginary, and slightly futuristic, Chinese city. The novels have an extremely tenuous relationship with the… — Liz Williams Copy Share Image
“Norm was lean, his short, straight black hair parted on the side, his mustache trimmed like he’d never heard of Adolf Hitler.” — Jane Sunday Copy Share Image
In the summer of 2010, I had decided to get into film and TV writing, so I wrote scripts for six different ideas I… — Nic Pizzolatto Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a police detective. In my work, particularly in documentaries, I am obsessed with finding things out, seeking ever-new facts and… — James Marsh Copy Share Image
