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What the detective story is about is not murder but the restoration of order.


P. D. James


#detective #detective story #murder #order #restoration

I really believe that studying organization, even in the form of studying detective story organization, is very, very valuable for a playwright, a budding playwright.


Peter Shaffer


#budding #detective #detective story #even #form

...You have any suggestions, make them. I'm in charge but humble. No need to salute when you see me." Fraser said, "Mind if we snicker every once in a while behind your back?" "Hell, no," I said. "Everyone else does.


Robert B. Parker


#humor #leadership #spenser #humor

Most investigators don't even know what the word means. You stop the cops from using informants and the only crimes they'd ever solve would be those by deranged postal workers who come to work once too often.


Andrew Vachss


#humor #private-detective #humor

It is fortunate for this community that I am not a criminal.


Arthur Conan Doyle


#criminals #detectives #intellect #london #sherlock-holmes

I stole a bit of a chopped vegetable and was about to put it in my mouth when Jae’s long fingers closed over my wrist. “What? You can’t eat this raw?” “It’s bitter melon. You won’t like it.” He went into the fridge and came out with something that looked halfway familiar. “Here, leftover bao. There’s char siu inside.” “The red pork stuff? Yeah, I like that. I thought it was Chinese.” “It is. We also eat hamburgers and spaghetti.


Rhys Ford


#love #m-m-mystery #m-m-romance #multicultural #murder

How about the wrong crowd," I said. "You getting in with them?" "Not much luck," Paul said. "I'm trying like hell, but the wrong crowd doesn't seem to want me." "Don't quit," I said. "You want something, you go after it. I was nearly thirty-five before I could get in with wrong crowd.


Robert B. Parker


#humor #spenser #humor

Ochoa pulled the door and held it open for her. Nikki pivoted around the jamb, squaring her aim up the hall. She stopped, still holding her combat stance, shook her head, and mumbled, “Mother...” ...Rook was standing halfway up the hall with Paxton snugged behind him holding the gun to his head. He looked at Nikki sheepishly and said, “So, I’m gonna guess it’s Noah.


Richard Castle


#humor #humor

Of all the ways to murder someone, slowly, over the course of about 75 years or so, is the best way to not get caught. Nobody, not even Sherlock Holmes, would suspect a thing.


Jarod Kintz


#detective #murder #sherlock-holmes #suspicion #death

You have bigger balls than some men I know.


Carolyn Arnold


#justified #madison-knight #men






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