It is certain that the investigation of human life and its reports are a form of literature which satisfies more human curiosity, more human demand for knowledge, than any other kind of literature whatever.E.C. Bentley
A really first-class murder has features which appeal irresistibly to a certain section of the public mind.Narrator
The law of human justice involves us all in a series of debatable claims, of doubtful inductions, of disputed interpretations.E.C. Bentley
'I don't pretend to be a Sherlock Holmes or a Philo Vance. My method is different.'Philip Trent
In the best stories it is always somebody else who did it, and who is punished in due course after long and guilty patience.Narrator
'I am not so much concerned with the end of this affair as I am with its beginning.'Philip Trent
A reputation is a species of personal property that a man must keep up or have it disappear.E.C. Bentley
'In any case, I am certain of one thing, the man is not guilty.'Philip Trent
It is a mistake to suppose that the audacity of an inventor or an idealist is unsupported by a practical knowledge of people and things.Narrator
'It is wiser to suspect everybody until you can prove him innocent.'Philip Trent