Detective Quotes

Once I went professionally to an archaeological expedition- and I learnt something there. In the cou...

If Hori were to die, I should not forget! Hori is a song in my heart for ever... That means-that the...

The truth must be quite plain, if one could just clear away the litter.

It often seems to me that's all detective work is, wiping out your false starts and beginning again....

At the small table, sitting very upright, was one of the ugliest old ladies he had ever seen. It was...

You've a pretty good nerve," said Ratchett. "Will twenty thousand dollars tempt you?"It will not."If...

The great thing in these cases is to keep an absolutely open mind. Most crimes, you see, are so absu...

The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.

Yes,' Spade growled. 'And when you're slapped you'll take it and like it.' He released Cairo's wrist...

But if you were investigating a crime,” said Lady Swaffham, “you’d have to begin by the usual things...

I'm very glad you asked me that, Mrs Rawlinson. The term `holistic' refers to my conviction that wha...

He just waited until I stopped talking and said, 'Jesus, kid, you're almost a detective. All you nee...

There are, fortunately, very few people who can say that they have actually attended a murder.

Bina, thank you. Bina, listen, this guy. His name wasn't Lasker. This guy-'She puts a hand to his mo...

Generally he knew by instinct the likely length of an investigation, but on this occasion he did not...

It has often been said that the more unusual the murder the easier it is to solve, but this is a the...

Wolfe still paid no attention to me. As a matter of fact, I didn't expect him to, since he was busy ...

Frankly, I wish I could make my heart quit doing an extra thump when Wolfe says satisfactory, Archie...

Chatty, defensive, observant. My new favorite witness.

Conan Doyle deluded a century of readers into thinking we're all deductive geniuses.

There was nothing … and nothing … and then the car bumped up again. There was a muffled pop, the sou...