Detective Novels Quotes

I don't take much stock of detectives in novels - chaps that do things and never let you see how they do them. That's just inspiration: not business.

What was Dr. Mera's motive for murder? I don't need to tell that to a writer of detective novels such as yourself. You know well enough yourself that even without a motive, a murderer lives to kill.

My feet crunched over dry hickory leaves. Wood rangers had stapled up Smokey Bear (“Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires!”) signs along the state roads. One cigarette butt flicked out a passing car window and there’d be real hell to pay.

I was so high, I needed a stepladder to scratch my own ass.