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Dana was what Steve called a silent partner in the Brixton Brothers Detective Agency. Being a silent partner meant that Dana didn’t carry a business card, that his name didn’t appear on the company letterhead, and he wanted nothing to do with the Brixton Brothers Detective Agency Picture Quote #1

A working detective has no hope of understanding what even experts who devote their lives to the study of criminal psychology can’t figure out Picture Quote #1

Writing detective stories is about writing light literature, for entertainment. It isn’t primarily a question of writing propaganda or classical literature Picture Quote #1

A detective who uses his deductive powers to corner a suspect and then does nothing to stop them from committing suicide is no better than a murderer himself. - Kudo Shinichi Picture Quote #1

Reading my way all the way through Sherlock Holmes gave me a lifelong love for crime and detective fiction Picture Quote #1

That’s the trouble with playing a cutting-edge narcotics detective - you’ve got to wear what’s topical at the moment. My kids tease me about outfits I was wearing last week, let alone in the eighties Picture Quote #1

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I remember watching ‘Colombo’ a lot with my dad. That was one of the first detective shows I remember watching. And I remember my dad turning to me - my dad loves to turn to me and explain why things are funny. He used to do that with ‘Seinfeld’ all the time. He did it with ‘Colombo’, too, set the scene Picture Quote #1

Marshall Jevons is the pioneer for integrating economics and detective fiction, and The Mystery of the Invisible Hand is another fine effort in this genre Picture Quote #1

I think every writer of detective fiction writing today has been influenced by Mr. Parker. I’m of a generation that followed Robert Parker, and it was impossible to read the genre and not be influenced by him Picture Quote #1

It’s rare for me to read any fiction. I almost only read nonfiction. I don’t believe in guilty pleasures, I only believe in pleasures. People who call reading detective fiction or eating dessert a guilty pleasure make me want to puke Picture Quote #1

My father taught me to love detective fiction writers such as Raymond Chandler. When I decided to have a hard-boiled detective series I did a lot of studying before I wrote the first book. I learned police procedure, the California criminal law, and many areas outside my expertise Picture Quote #1

I definitely have an affection for detective fiction, and when I first read Dashiell Hammett’s ‘The Maltese Falcon,’ that book and its author made an enormous impression on me as a reader and a writer, and led me to other hard-boiled American writers like Raymond Chandler and Ross McDonald, among many Picture Quote #1

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Expect the unexpected like a chain smoking, hard drinking, monochrome world dwelling Noir Detective Picture Quote #1

But the first published thing I did was a detective story, detective novel, and I did that on my own Picture Quote #1

I love the Swedish people for their detective novels, their archipelago, their sense of humor, their carbonated vodka, and most especially, for their wonderful hospitality Picture Quote #1

When I’m working on a serious and solid book ... I read about a detective novel a day. It’s the best legal dope in the world. It makes you feel good until the next morning you can work again Picture Quote #1

I’ve always had the wish, the nostalgia to be able to write detective novels. At heart, the principal themes of detective novels are close to the things that obsess me: disappearance, the problems of identity, amnesia, the return to an enigmatic past Picture Quote #1

I started out in life as a poet; I was only writing poetry all through my 20s. It wasn’t until I was about 30 that I got serious about writing prose. While I was writing poems, I would often divert myself by reading detective novels; I liked them Picture Quote #1

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A publisher saw one of my historical novels and thought I would write an admirable detective story, so she offered me a two-book contract, and I grabbed it Picture Quote #1

I’ve written a detective series myself, set in an imaginary, and slightly futuristic, Chinese city. The novels have an extremely tenuous relationship with the real world, since the hero is the city’s Hell and ends up with a sidekick who is a demon Picture Quote #1

A locked-room problem lies at the heart of my new novel, ‘In The Morning I’ll Be Gone,’ in which an RUC detective has to find out whether a publican’s daughter who fell off a table in a bar that was locked from the inside was in fact murdered Picture Quote #1

The best crime novels are not about how a detective works on a case; they are about how a case works on a detective Picture Quote #1

The thing I don’t like about detective stories is looking for criminals Picture Quote #1

Certainly going back to Sherlock Holmes we have a tradition of forensic science featured in detective stories Picture Quote #1

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I don’t feel that I wanted to spend my whole writing life - which is my life - writing detective stories Picture Quote #1

I know what kind of things I myself have been irritated by in detective stories. They are often about one or two persons, but they don’t describe anything in the society outside Picture Quote #1

In detective stories . . . I alternately identify myself with the murderer and the huntsman-detective, but . . . there are those to which this vicarious outlet is too mild Picture Quote #1

There are only two kinds of books which you can write and be pretty sure you’re going to make a living Ã‚Â- cook books and detective stories Picture Quote #1

His most characteristic detective stories end with the realization that no rational account of events is possible, and his suspense stories tend to close with terror not dissipated but omnipresent, like God.(Introduction) Picture Quote #1

I don’t think I would ever want to be a writer of detective stories - but I would like to be a detective and there is a large deal of detection in the short story Picture Quote #1

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Dana was what Steve called a silent partner in the Brixton Brothers Detective Agency. Being a silent partner meant that Dana didn’t carry a business card, that his name didn’t appear on the company letterhead, and he wanted nothing to do with the Brixton Brothers Detective Agency. (Detective Quotes) A working detective has no hope of understanding what even experts who devote their lives to the study of criminal psychology can’t figure out. (Detective Quotes) Writing detective stories is about writing light literature, for entertainment. It isn’t primarily a question of writing propaganda or classical literature. (Detective Quotes) A detective who uses his deductive powers to corner a suspect and then does nothing to stop them from committing suicide is no better than a murderer himself. - Kudo Shinichi (Detective Quotes) Reading my way all the way through Sherlock Holmes gave me a lifelong love for crime and detective fiction. (Detective Quotes) That’s the trouble with playing a cutting-edge narcotics detective - you’ve got to wear what’s topical at the moment. My kids tease me about outfits I was wearing last week, let alone in the eighties. (Detective Quotes) I remember watching ‘Colombo’ a lot with my dad. That was one of the first detective shows I remember watching. And I remember my dad turning to me - my dad loves to turn to me and explain why things are funny. He used to do that with ‘Seinfeld’ all the time. He did it with ‘Colombo’, too, set the scene. (Detective Quotes) Marshall Jevons is the pioneer for integrating economics and detective fiction, and The Mystery of the Invisible Hand is another fine effort in this genre. (Detective Quotes) I think every writer of detective fiction writing today has been influenced by Mr. Parker. I’m of a generation that followed Robert Parker, and it was impossible to read the genre and not be influenced by him. (Detective Quotes) It’s rare for me to read any fiction. I almost only read nonfiction. I don’t believe in guilty pleasures, I only believe in pleasures. People who call reading detective fiction or eating dessert a guilty pleasure make me want to puke. (Detective Quotes) My father taught me to love detective fiction writers such as Raymond Chandler. When I decided to have a hard-boiled detective series I did a lot of studying before I wrote the first book. I learned police procedure, the California criminal law, and many areas outside my expertise. (Detective Quotes) I definitely have an affection for detective fiction, and when I first read Dashiell Hammett’s ‘The Maltese Falcon,’ that book and its author made an enormous impression on me as a reader and a writer, and led me to other hard-boiled American writers like Raymond Chandler and Ross McDonald, among many. (Detective Quotes) Expect the unexpected like a chain smoking, hard drinking, monochrome world dwelling Noir Detective (Detective Quotes) But the first published thing I did was a detective story, detective novel, and I did that on my own. (Detective Quotes) I love the Swedish people for their detective novels, their archipelago, their sense of humor, their carbonated vodka, and most especially, for their wonderful hospitality. (Detective Quotes) When I’m working on a serious and solid book ... I read about a detective novel a day. It’s the best legal dope in the world. It makes you feel good until the next morning you can work again. (Detective Quotes) I’ve always had the wish, the nostalgia to be able to write detective novels. At heart, the principal themes of detective novels are close to the things that obsess me: disappearance, the problems of identity, amnesia, the return to an enigmatic past. (Detective Quotes) I started out in life as a poet; I was only writing poetry all through my 20s. It wasn’t until I was about 30 that I got serious about writing prose. While I was writing poems, I would often divert myself by reading detective novels; I liked them. (Detective Quotes) A publisher saw one of my historical novels and thought I would write an admirable detective story, so she offered me a two-book contract, and I grabbed it. (Detective Quotes) I’ve written a detective series myself, set in an imaginary, and slightly futuristic, Chinese city. The novels have an extremely tenuous relationship with the real world, since the hero is the city’s Hell and ends up with a sidekick who is a demon. (Detective Quotes) A locked-room problem lies at the heart of my new novel, ‘In The Morning I’ll Be Gone,’ in which an RUC detective has to find out whether a publican’s daughter who fell off a table in a bar that was locked from the inside was in fact murdered. (Detective Quotes) The best crime novels are not about how a detective works on a case; they are about how a case works on a detective. (Detective Quotes) The thing I don’t like about detective stories is looking for criminals (Detective Quotes) Certainly going back to Sherlock Holmes we have a tradition of forensic science featured in detective stories. (Detective Quotes) I don’t feel that I wanted to spend my whole writing life - which is my life - writing detective stories. (Detective Quotes) I know what kind of things I myself have been irritated by in detective stories. They are often about one or two persons, but they don’t describe anything in the society outside. (Detective Quotes) In detective stories . . . I alternately identify myself with the murderer and the huntsman-detective, but . . . there are those to which this vicarious outlet is too mild. (Detective Quotes) There are only two kinds of books which you can write and be pretty sure you’re going to make a living Ã‚Â- cook books and detective stories. (Detective Quotes) His most characteristic detective stories end with the realization that no rational account of events is possible, and his suspense stories tend to close with terror not dissipated but omnipresent, like God.(Introduction) (Detective Quotes) I don’t think I would ever want to be a writer of detective stories - but I would like to be a detective and there is a large deal of detection in the short story. (Detective Quotes)

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