Would I make a good detective, do you think?

I don't think you have to be obsessed to make a good detective.

She only lacked experience, I thought, to make a really good detective.

To make a great detective she had to learn to loosen up, to get people to talk freely and too much.

I said to her, "You're going to make a fine detective."

You might have made a good detective if your-illness-hadn't prevented your promotion.

Rebus had just shrugged and told her she'd make a good detective.

He decided that the millionaire would have made a good detective.

I don't think you would have made a very good detective.

He had to admit it, she'd have made a good detective.