Detective Story Devotee Gifts

The Anti-Agent

The mysterious Sherlock Holmes - 'Is he wearing his cap backwards or forwards?'

'You know bank pens never work. Why didn't you write the holdup note before we left?!'

Detective and child follow footprints using magnifying glasses.

'It was part way through the initial investigation that detective Walters felt as if he was being watched, but there was no one in the room. No one that is except the cat, who sat contently on the chair and watched him with an almost human repose.'

Sherlock Holmes with a magnifying glass.

"Ask the gumshoe. He'll tell ya the saucer was empty when I got there. Go on, gimme a purr detector test. I got all night."

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

"The DNA sample from the mink fibres found in the suspect's car matched the DNA sample from the mink coat found at the scene of the crime, so I'm thinking, maybe these minks were twins?"

"This, Yorik... Do you know him well?"

"I'm sorry- when you said 'bad' cop, I assumed you meant incompetent."

Writers wait in their area of expertise.

Mystery Writing 101 - Mailbox: The butler did it, the gardener, the chauffeur.

Benjamin Bunny re-writes Beatrix Potter

'It's Yorick all right - I know his DNA well.'

"Check this wall for fingerprints."

'Speak.'

"Any clues?"

"We have ways of making you talk."

"Hmmm...this'll be a tough one..."

"This is too hard, but I'd recognize him on his own."

Marriage Crash Investigation

"Looks like some kind of laser beam. No sign of the murder weapon."

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Cat dressed up as detective on park bench surrounded by pigeons."

"Who, Big Sal? Sure, we were in cahoots years ago, but we fell out of cahoots."

Mutant Mootunes - Incased in Ice Miss Marple

"Fetch it yourself."

"Yes, he is a pet detective, and he's here on business."

Schlock Holmes