"Private detective" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Woolper was to re-enter that gentleman's service, and over and above all ordinary duties, she was to undertake the duty of keeping a close watch upon all the movements of Charlotte Halliday. In plain words, she was to be a spy, a private detective, so far as this young lady was concerned; but Mr. Sheldon was too wise to put his requirements into plain words, knowing that even in the hour of her extremity Nancy Woolper would have refused to fill such an office had she clearly understood the ...
— Birds of Prey • M. E. Braddon
... more of the Chicago papers for James Harding, formerly in the employ of John Armstrong, of New York, but if this should come to the knowledge of the party who had appropriated the bonds, it might be a revelation of the weakness of the case against them. Again, he might apply to a private detective, but if he did so, the case would pass out ...
— Struggling Upward - or Luke Larkin's Luck • Horatio Alger
... he's so much worse than the average private detective," replied the caretaker. "He's out for his day's wages, and the easier he can get them, ...
— The Call of the Beaver Patrol - or, A Break in the Glacier • V. T. Sherman
... caught sight of the face of his old friend Patke, whom he had come across more than once during that day. The former non-commissioned officer had apparently reached the goal of his ambitions and become a private detective. ...
— The Malady of the Century • Max Nordau
... let me think for a minute." After less than a minute, he said: "Martin, I want some more data on that guy. I'm willing to pay for it. Should I hire a private detective?" ...
— By Proxy • Gordon Randall Garrett
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