Sentences with phrase «of amateur detective»

I think he's capable of fascinating approaches as a sort of amateur detective.

Charming story of an amateur detective in a small town in Scotland!

The film follows something of an amateur detective route, a-la Citizen Kane, with a young man tasked with delivering a letter: an endeavor that leads to a better understanding of his subject by way of conversations and interviews.

Director Macon Blair's not the first person to find existential enlightenment at the end of an amateur detective tale, but he might be the first to piece one together from cussing octogenarians, ninja stars, Google montages, gallons of Big Red soda, upper - deckers, friendly raccoons, exploding body parts, and the idiocy of humanity.

Blair's not the first person to find existential enlightenment at the end of an amateur detective tale, but he might be the first to piece one together from cussing octogenarians, ninja stars, Google montages, gallons of Big Red soda, upper - deckers, friendly raccoons, exploding body parts, and the idiocy of humanity.

Not exact matches

Visions of truth must always come from elsewhere, whether they land upon trained detectives or amateurs, and the reader's faith that those visions will come is what makes crime fiction possible.

Internist and amateur detective Pieter Cohen is outraged that some of the supplements on the market are unsafe.

In the final shot of Dario Argento's Profondo Rosso (Deep Red, 1975), the amateur detective / jazz pianist Marcus Daly (David Hemmings) stares icily at his own reflection in a pool of still - warm blood.

Thus, they become amateur detectives, looking into the life of their victim and attempting to head off their tormentor.

A number of threads from Shane Black's filmography, including a Christmas - time setting and at least one character who is a detective (amateur or otherwise), appear in both «The Long Kiss Goodnight» and «Iron Man 3.»

In the final shot of Dario Argento's Profondo Rosso (Deep Red, 1975), the amateur detective / jazz pianist Marcus Daly (David Hemmings) stares icily...

Sherlock's days of sleuthing are behind him, as he now lives in a sleepy Sussex village with his housekeeper and son, an amateur detective in his own right.

The novels about the amateur girl detective were not, in library officials» view, worthy of their young readers» time and attention.

We have amateur detectives almost getting themselves killed, fuzzy motives, lots of small town secrets and even a ghost....

For example, when readers are browsing mystery novels on Amazon, they can browse by type of character (amateur sleuth, British detective, female protagonist) and by moods and themes (action - packed, horror, humorous, noir).

I thought my favorite Isaacs heroine was a toss - up between feisty Amy Lincoln, the investigative reporter in Any Place I Hang My Hat, and suburban amateur detective Judith Singer of Compromising Positions and Long Time No See.

In Charles Finch's The Woman in the Water, set in 1850, amateur private detective Charles Lenox works closely with Scotland Yard to solve a pair of murders.

Don't Sweat the Small Stuff is a hilarious mystery about two stumbling, bumbling amateur detectives who get mixed up in investigating a crazy traveling carnival show — and nearly lose their lives in the process of contending with a cantankerous cast of carnies who don't take kindly to the investigation.

Since the relationship was revealed three weeks ago, in a flurry of «intimate» photographs so awkward you could be forgiven for thinking you were looking at pictures of a man picking a sac of tarantula eggs out of his granny's tearduct, an army of amateur private detectives have leapt upon every Swift and Hiddleston movement with a suspicion that borders on outright mania.