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The truth must be quite plain, if one could just clear away the litter. — Agatha Christie, A Caribbean Mystery
CONCERNED BUT NOT CONSUMED! — Ron Sanders
Shouldering the duffel bag with the Marine Corps bulldog, Old Man knocked Jan's photo off the bed table. He turned to st — Ed Lynskey, The Blue Cheer
My feet crunched over dry hickory leaves. Wood rangers had stapled up Smokey Bear (“Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires!”) — Ed Lynskey, The Blue Cheer
Rene Caron takes my breath away! — Teresa Lynn
In the detective story, as in its mirror image, the Quest for the Grail, maps (the ritual of space) and timetables (the — W.H. Auden
It seems that the Parisian Oulipo group has recently constructed a matrix of all possible murder-story situations and ha — Umberto Eco, Postscript to the Name of the Rose
We would never call inexplicable little insights 'hunches,' for fear of drawing the universe's attention. But they happe — China Miéville, The City & the City
Dr. Watson's summary list of Sherlock Holmes's strengths and weaknesses:"1. Knowledge of Literature: Nil.2. Knowledge of — Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet
Yeah. Floyd is his batman."His what?"Batman, like in the British army, each officer had a batman, a personal servant."Yo — Robert B. Parker, Mortal Stakes
Thus, by science I mean, first of all, a worldview giving primacy to reason and observation and a methodology aimed at a — Alan Sokal
To respect a mystery is to make way for the answer. — Criss Jami
I was so high, I needed a stepladder to scratch my own ass. — Kinky Friedman
Dana was what Steve called a "silent partner" in the Brixton Brothers Detective Agency. Being a silent partner meant tha — Mac Barnett, The Ghostwriter Secret: The Brixton Brothers, Book 2
Detective Inspector Eccles sighed. He may ordinarily have met his sigh with the question of why the newly appointed Supe — Tom Conrad
Yes,' Spade growled. 'And when you're slapped you'll take it and like it.' He released Cairo's wrist and with a thick op — Dashiell Hammett, The Maltese Falcon
Wolfe still paid no attention to me. As a matter of fact, I didn't expect him to, since he was busy taking exercise. He — Rex Stout, The Rubber Band
Mr. Cupples came out of his reverie. "I think," he said, "I will have milk and soda-water." "Speak lower!" urged Trent. — E.C. Bentley, Trent's Last Case
We ran both the courier service and a detective agency from the same office, and had phone apps for both. Basically, we' — Jay Stringer, How to Kill Friends and Implicate People
Before you work with me you must know that I am an atheist and I believe in neither supreme powers of any God or the tri — Adhish Mazumder