Detective Sentences, Vol. 30
(Sentences from various sources for detectives and/or muses that like to solve mysteries. Adjust phrasing where needed)
"Can't you see? Someone is trying to frame me!"
"Why are you so interested in such an old case?"
"You want us to investigate... Us?"
"It's very often the most boring, insignificant detail that leads to a solution."
"You should know better than to ask that."
"Despite what people might think, criminals aren't very smart. That's why they end up in jail."
"Did he seem too unconcerned to you?"
"I faked some evidence. It's a whole big thing. I might end up in prison."
"Do you think we'll look back on our lives one day and wish we hadn't worked so many cases?"
"We can't risk some lawyer getting the case thrown out because you free-styled protocol!"
"Chances are I'm going to spend the rest of my career going around schools, teaching kids how to cross the road now..."
"I can't comment on an ongoing investigation."
"Normally, I would have just shot you the second you pulled out a gun, but I am doing my best to avoid the paperwork and the self-recrimination that comes with it."
"When you do what we do, the people you work with become like family."
"This is crucial information. Now we have some real leverage."
"Admit it, you could have just as easily been an outlaw as a lawman."
"I never doubted your brilliance as a detective."
"That guy's got dead eyes. Shark eyes. It's almost like he isn't even human, you know?"
"It isn't that hard! Follow him wherever he goes and try not to let him see you!"
"Can't you do anything discreetly?"
"Rather than being a healthy diversion, this case is becoming an addiction of sorts."
"The best lies are 90% true."
"Even I know that this is way out of line!"
"Are you even a real cop?"
"Serial arsonists tend to be powerless in their own lives. They want other people to know what that feels like."
"Once a case is in my head, I just can't let it go."
"Sometimes it seems like gravedigging is all we do around here."
"If we can figure out what they're getting out of these robberies, we might be able to predict what their next move it."
"Where did you get that evidence?"
"You're connected to this case in some way, and we need to find out how."
"What are you not telling me?"