Came Quote by Sara Paretsky

“The basic characteristics of any good investigator are a plodding nature and infinite patience. Society has inadvertently been grooming women to this end for…

— Sue Grafton

I've always felt if you followed a real private detective around, it would be boring.

— Powers Boothe

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

— Shirley Jackson

“She'd liked things better when everything had been controlled simply by on and off switches and when push-button telephone and telly remotes were as…

— Elizabeth George

“One of the true mysteries of life, which still baffles me, is the capacity of some intelligent women to topple head over heels in…

— Tim Watson-Munro

I wanted a woman who had the body and the power of a real pilot. I interviewed hundreds of woman, but Jessica just seemed…

— Rob Cohen

Up until 'Mannix,' most private investigators were hard-nosed, cynical guys who lived in a seedy area and had no emotions.

— Mike Connors

Too many times I see these omnipotent detectives who know everything, who pull up in really slick cars, and their hair's all really nice…

— Robson Green

She would always feel this wild girl was the truest of any of the people she had already been: adored daughter, bourgeois priss, rebel,…

— Lauren Groff

Maybe this time she wanted to be found, and to be found by me.

— John Green

“I envisaged a perfect detective’s assistant. She’d have long, wavy blonde hair, a short skirt, and curves in all the right places. She’d have…

— Grahame Shannon

The general public have a warped view of the speed at which an investigation proceeds. They like to imagine tense conversations going on behind…

— Ben Aaronovitch