Detective Tale Enthusiast Gifts

Writers wait in their area of expertise.

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.

'Who was the murderer? Well Watson, that's the killer question.'

'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.

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

'Any ideas on motive?' 'Only one, Chief.'

"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?"

"He's sulking because I always beat him at Clue ... "

Benjamin Bunny re-writes Beatrix Potter

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

CSI Wonderland. (Photographer takes a picture of a cracked Humpty Dumpty. Investigators collect evidence from the scene.)

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

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

'We want more police on our streets!' 'WHAT?! Do you have any idea how dangerous it is out there?'

'Speak.'

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

"Check this wall for fingerprints."

Sherlock Holmes' tax return

Crime Writer's Society.

"Any clues?"

Where were you on the night of December 24th between 10pm and 5am

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

A detective selling a copy of Sherlock Holmes.

"The butler did it!"

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

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

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

"Cut. Cut. You call this a crime scene?"

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

"We have ways of making you talk."

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

Marriage Crash Investigation