Crime Fiction Fan Prints

"Generally accepted accounting practices weren't as generally accepted as I thought."

Sherlock Holmes with a magnifying glass.

'Yes, that's him. That's the author of the book that grabbed me and wouldn't let go!'

"Don't give me too much, I'm not good with money."

'Say what you will about E-mail, video-conferencing and the like... There's still no substitute for a good face-to-face business meeting.'

"Please, don't hurt me—I have a wife, and I'm gradually becoming O.K. with the possibility of having children!"

'It's just until we get the lock fixed.'

"Oh come on! How can you possibly know that it's Yorick without a proper forensic reconstruction?"

'You took out a policy with us Tuesday morning and had a fire Tuesday afternoon...What was the delay?'

It was my story. A murder mystery. A who-done-it-and-got-away-with-it-until-he-wrote-about-it.

"If you can keep a secret, I'll tell you how my husband died."

'Great news, the burglars only took your stupid stamps.'

'Could you try to look guilty, please?'

"He was murdered with one of the rejection slips he sent."

"I want to report a mugging."

"Ironically all the guys from the hunting lodge were on the 'Nice' list."

Stand and Deliver

A spy

'This article says there was a break-in at the museum last night. I don't suppose you know anything about that.'

"He's been in a marvellous mood ever since he learned one out of every hundred and fifty Americans is in jail."

Oliver Twist - Oliver Introduced to Fagin

Sweating The Penguin

'I hear you had a big fire in your factory.'

"...And of course the asking price reflects the location..."

'Here Sid, and make it look like an accident.'

'This is fun, but sometimes I miss being a pillar of the community.'

'How much would you charge to kill my husband'

Crime Stoppers

Burglar breaking a safe.

"It was sort of an after-the-bell transaction."

"I hope Harry don't crack... the cops are riding him pretty hard."

"I was about your age when I, too, started having security concerns."

"In a sense, yes, I'm guilty."

"I'm overcompensated, but I'm not overcompensated enough."

"The entire West Coast division must go. Make it look like an accident."