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“I guess us folks in California are kind of straitlaced and old-fashioned." Hahaha, I thought on the way downstairs. I never thought I'd say those words with a straight face...”

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Book:Moon Bayou (Samantha Moon Case Files, #1)

Source: Moon Bayou (Samantha Moon Case Files, #1)

“You look at me as if I were a conjuror,' Holmes remarked, with a laugh.”

Mystery London Holmes Watson Detective Sherlock Deduction Mycroft

Book:The House of Silk

Source: The House of Silk

“When a beautiful blonde asks, you don't say no.”

Crime Islands Noir Detective Hard Boiled Shaw Channel Arty

Book:Black Art

Source: Black Art

“—Então o senhor tem uma teoria? —Um detetive, M. Martin, sempre tem uma teoria. É o que se espera dele. Pessoalmente, não chamo de teoria. Digo que é uma ideiazinha. Essa é a primeira fase. —E a segunda? —Se a ideiazinha for acertada, então eu sei! É bastante simples, como se vê. —Gostaria que me dissesse qual é a sua teoria... ou ideiazinha.”

Psychology Crime Theory Idea Detective Agatha Christie Poirot Teoria Ideia Ideiazinha

Book:Lord Edgware Dies

Source: Lord Edgware Dies

“She walks into my life legs first, a long drink of water in the desert of my thirties. Her shoes are red; her eyes are green. She's an Italian flag in occupied territory, and I fall for her like Paris. She mixes my metaphors like a martini and serves up my heart tartare. They all do. Every time. They have to. It's that kind of story.”

Legs Story Fairy Tale Detective Film Noir

Book:The Bread We Eat in Dreams

Source: The Bread We Eat in Dreams