I think Quote by John le Carre

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

— Elif Batuman

It's part of a writer's profession, as it's part of a spy's profession, to prey on the community to which he's attached, to take…

— John le Carre

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

In 'A Scanner Darkly,' as in 'The Spy Who Came in from the Cold,' all intersubjective relations devolve into webs of suspicion and betrayal.

— Mark Fisher

That's why I love crime novels so much: When I write a crime novel, the conflict is built in.

— Karin Slaughter

What I really found was that the one similarity between 'Covert Affairs' and 'Fair Game' is a deep love and admiration and fascination with…

— Doug Liman

The detective story itself is in a dilemma. It is a vein which is in danger of being worked out, the demand is constant,…

— Cyril Connolly

In a mystery, the sleuth must be believably involved and emotionally invested in solving the crime.

— Diane Mott Davidson

It's a thrilling world, and people really like stories about secrets, which is the essence of a spy drama.

— Andrew Scott

the detective's highest talent lay in the gentle art of seeking favours under the guise of conferring them!

— Agatha Christie

A detective story is just the premise for conflict, as a Western is.

— Lorne Greene

“I don't take much stock of detectives in novels - chaps that do things and never let you see how they do them. That's…

— Arthur Conan Doyle