Quote by Raymond Chandler

The boys with their feet on the desks know that the easiest murder case in the world to break is the one somebody tried to get very cute with; the one that really bothers them is the murder somebody only thought of two minutes before he pulled it off.

The boys with their feet on the desks know that the easiest

Summary

This quote suggests that seasoned detectives find it relatively easy to solve a murder when the perpetrator tries to make it complicated or crafty. On the other hand, what truly challenges them is a murder that was conceived and executed within a short span of time, leaving little room for evidence or clues. The quote reflects the idea that detectives value cases that require strategic thinking and intellectual reasoning over those that rely on clever tactics meant to deceive them.

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Murder

By Raymond Chandler

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