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“He was a detective, but he didn’t detect anything. It fell into his lap, already broken, every time.”

— Jodi Picoult

“I was seriously not cut out for undercover work - which was pretty damn obvious, judging by the fact that I was currently cuddling…

— Alexa Land

“Detective Tripp probably thought I was a complete ass who did nothing but follow his dick around, and while lately that seemed to be…

— Marshall Thornton

“Like a good detective story myself. Lots of nonsense written, though. Criminal discovered in last Chapter. Everyone dumbfounded. Real crime - you'd know at…

— Agatha Christie

“The first time we met I told you I was a detective. Get it through your lovely head. I work at it, lady. I…

— Raymond Chandler

“With one glance, he knew neither of them could live without the other. They were pieces of a story that only worked if they…

— Tracy Ewens

“Now, what could be more important than a frivolous romance?”

— Amanda Quick

“And yet still she watched him... he wondered why. One possibility, and by far his favorite, was that she was planning his murder.”

— Anne Stuart

“In this flirtation he was conducting, he had had to rely entirely on his personality, never a good idea.”

— Jane Smiley

“The detective thinks he is investigating a murder or a missing girl. But truly he is investigating something else altogether, something he cannot grasp…

— Sara Gran

“Shall we get on with detective-ing now?” “Yep. Detective away.”

— Rachel Howzell Hall

“He still wasn't looking at me, which meant I was still in trouble. I swear, sometimes this partnership is like being married. We fight…

— John G. Hartness