Crime Caper Connoisseur Pillows

'Consider it a stimulus package.'

Dashiell Hammett

The Philip Marlow family

"I don't have my law degree yet but I've got an internship down in cell block 'D'."

'So one day I thought, I'll teach you brats to laugh at me!'

OK! I promise that the questions will be easy!

"Don't editorialize."

"Number 2. Step forward please."

'I haven't spent a day in jail since I got rid of my lawyer and hired a spinmeister.'

'Keep an eye on that one. He looks like a sketchy character to me.'

'You know, this is a pretty dangerous line of work you're in...'

'The police is looking for a teenager who reads books... I bet they'll never solve this case!'

'Come on inspector, you call this fair?'

'This is a personal insult to me and my family. Paulie, word is you regifted that horse's head I gave you last month. . .'

'With the kind cooperation of the underworld, we present live, for the first time on TV, an actual holdup.'

Notorious gangsters, Bunny and Clyde.

'Oh, hello Dave. Would you like that in untraceable, used notes, like last time?'

"They've solved the cause of death of Richard III."

"Take your time, sir. Tell me if you can see the thief."

'I think I can solve our budget problem with the color scanner, color laser printer and this twenty-dollar bill!'

Gangster's To-Do List

'Make it look like an accident.'

Ignorance of the Law

'Did you get the hit man Frankie?'

A convict escaping during the press scrum

Crime Writer's Society.

'Was Monty the culprit? Had he fixed a horse race? He couldn't remember.'

"Don't worry, honey. This is just for our murder podcast."

"Regards from the kids, grandma, mom and pop, uncle Fred , Aunt Theresa and cousins Harvey, Flo and Niki. They all want to know where you hid the loot."

Washing line with robber outfit and swag bag hanging up to dry.

"I believe this is a case for Sherlock Holmes..."

"... No, when I say, 'you must let go of the past' I mean you must return that vase to the museum you took it from."

Exposed and imprisoned.

"Then I tried the move from business casual to white collar crime."

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