Detective Novel Quotes

“She must feel like Lucifer’s frigid breath is running down the back of her delicate neck.”
― Gabriel F.W. Koch, Death Leaves a Shadow

“You sound like you’re enjoying my suffering.”
― Gabriel F.W. Koch, Death Leaves a Shadow

“Her growing possessiveness felt both good and bad.”
― Gabriel F.W. Koch, Death Leaves a Shadow

“The verdict got both the fish and me off the hook.”
― Gabriel F.W. Koch, Death Leaves a Shadow

“I watched her undress with moonlight shivering across the room from behind sheer curtains that moved with the currents from the hearth fire.”
― Gabriel F.W. Koch, Death Leaves a Shadow

“I knew I rode a rugged crest of turmoil that might crash on the rocky shore of irrational behavior.”
― Gabriel F.W. Koch, Death Leaves a Shadow

“What the hell, if you are going to roll the dice with Lucifer, I say go the distance.”
― Gabriel F.W. Koch, Death Leaves a Shadow

“Death rides on all of our shoulders from the day we are born.”
― Gabriel F.W. Koch, Death Leaves a Shadow

“I swallowed a sigh since, truthfully, I was glad she found the cabin.”
― Gabriel F.W. Koch, Death Leaves a Shadow

“The final sound of the rifle shot bounced around the lake.”
― Gabriel F.W. Koch, Death Leaves a Shadow

“It was as if we played chess after denying me both bishops and knights.”
― Gabriel F.W. Koch, Death Leaves a Shadow

“The steps leading to the porch looked worn, cracked, and unpainted, ready for a nice hot fire.”
― Gabriel F.W. Koch, Death Leaves a Shadow

“Death is the ultimate test of faith.”
― Gabriel F.W. Koch, Death Leaves a Shadow

“A look of absolute terror locked onto her features.”
― Gabriel F.W. Koch, Death Leaves a Shadow

“Anna did say the wife of Lir had left her?” whispered Mary.
“Yes,” said Caroline. “She said, ‘for now.”
― Susan Rowland, The Sacred Well Murders

“Janet showed her teeth. “Time to get real, Sarah. No more human sacrifices, got it?”
― Susan Rowland, The Sacred Well Murders

“So, Mr. Jeffreys,” she inquired of the human bluebottle, “you went to the gym?”
― Susan Rowland, The Sacred Well Murders

“Sure didn’t expect to see that kind of assault, here in Oxford,” said another. “Seems like such a quiet town.”
― Susan Rowland, The Sacred Well Murders

“This must be what dying is like. She tried wiggling a bony finger to attract Rhiannon. She wanted to ask her: is this what it was like?”
― Susan Rowland, The Sacred Well Murders

“In just about every other book I can think of, we're chasing on the heels of our heroes - the spies, the soldiers, the romantics, the adventurers. But we stand shoulder to shoulder with the detective.”
― Anthony Horowitz, Magpie Murders

“I confess that I should feel a bit afraid of asking Sunday who he really is.”

“Why,” asked the Secretary, “for fear of bombs?”

“No,” said the Professor, “for fear he might tell me.”
― G.K. Chesterton

“Get a load of this, Frank.” Gerald Peyton’s pause set off his pronouncement. “She is expecting to get a wedding ring.”

“That’s understandable,” I said, unsure how he could afford a ring on what our firm cleared. Diamond rings—more sold in December than in any other month of the year—went for a cool grand per karat. Weeks ago, I’d priced them—again—for my domestic situation. “What seems to be the problem?”

“That’s a big leap for me to make.”

“I expect you’ll make it with room to spare.”
― Ed Lynskey, After the Big Noise

“The writing gets easy once your characters trust that you will not only report what they say but convey what they mean and feel.
~ Michael Kent”
― Michael Kent, Twice Dead: A Lieutenant Beaudry Novel

“葉森：「你知道，推理小說，最重要的部份是甚麼？」
陳浩揚：「追查線索？」
葉森：「才不是，誰有空一一去管那些線索？」葉森說：「重點是解謎部份，讓讀者入信誰是兇手，重點其實在於偵探解謎的演說。」”
― 黃洋達, 金錢師卷四　真理大國

“We are far from complex. We express emotions no matter how much we beg to suppress them. We cry, cling to what we feel will not leave, and nurture ourselves as vulnerable children. We cower from our notion of how much one can endure, and shield our ears, eyes, and mouth to hinder evil.
Humanity is simply the facade of the vulnerable human spirit; we are terrified creatures, walking creations, and creators of consequences. I believe we are human enough when we are forced into the dark with nothing but our fear that calls for inevitable courage. " (The Latent Identities Of Darwin)”
― FinPoet

“People resonate madness with voices that only they can hear. A man claims to have done it because his mind told him that there would be unthinkable agony less he doesn't. Perhaps, those voices bear more wits than the notion of their own decisions being read aloud. They're professing it because they were told.” (The Latent Identities Of Darwin)”
― FinPoet

“Detective this is the third person we have taken into custody who has cried to have been told by an unspecified source.”
“Don't tell me you believe those madhouses.”
"Of course not, it is just... odd. Don't you find it odd?”
― FinPoet

“Most people in the agency tend to die because of self-destruction.”
“If every person were to be at risk of their own violent destruction, it would be nearly impossible for anyone to survive in their own body.”
“Yes, but here we are investigating the result of the destruction that was inflicted on another. It makes me a question which is truly more potent.”
{The Latent Identities Of Darwin}”
― FinPoet

“Was it truly necessary to break both of the bird's wings, when breaking one can force it to walk on land? Is it necessary to prevent it from flying at all? Or are humans just heedless beings? Provoked to ruin anything that gives them a sense of inferiority.”
{The Latent Identities Of Darwin}”
― FinPoet

“The devil is in the details”
― Ryan Holden, Black Widow: An unsuspecting, vengeful, supernatural crime thriller. Steeped in mystery and intrigue to keep you gripped.