Chief Quote by Karin Slaughter

I came to believe that being a private detective was the work I was meant to do.

— Shirley Jackson

Being a detective isn't all about torture and murder and monsters. Sometimes it gets truly unpleasant...The fate of the world may depend on whether…

— Derek Landy

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

— Chelsea Cain

I used to work as a private detective years and years ago.

— Errol Morris

I was enamored of detectives as a teenager. I liked what they did - piecing things together, thinking about situations. But to get there?…

— Michael Connelly

In April 1981, at my request, my mother went to a detective agency. She hired them to follow me, to report my daily activities,…

— Sophie Calle

When I was younger, I watched all the detective shows.

— Dennis Farina

My father taught me to love detective fiction writers such as Raymond Chandler. When I decided to have a hard-boiled detective series I did…

— Sue Grafton

Goofy pictures and crazy times. Sisters at heart and partners in crime.

— Narenkumar

At first I imagined I'd write detective novels, because I loved 'Nancy Drew.'

— Martha Nussbaum

My nana was a detective; my nana was a great cop. You also have bad cops that were bullied in school or whatever and…

— Kane Brown

I grew up on a suburban street with lace curtains and dull neighbours, so I made up stories to tell my friend, in which…

— Nina Bawden