Detective Work Enthusiast Gifts

Barks in code.

Round up all the king's horses and all the king's men for questioning.

"Talk, Wallace - where'd you hide the loot?"

A boy acting suspiciously

Joan Hickson

'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.'

"We need rain."

Next camera crew 5 mins

Mother to son, regarding stolen cake: 'I don't need to check anything with 'the boys in forensics' I know it was you.'

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

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

'Where my balls go?'

Clive couldn't work out who was stealing office equipment...

Benjamin Bunny re-writes Beatrix Potter

"... and I would have gotten away with it if it weren’t for you meddling forensic pathologists."

"According to stomach content analysis he'll be dead in half an hour."

"Damn it—I told them I was too well known for undercover work!"

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

Cop Shop: Bulk, dried blood, shaved hair, ground teeth, assorted body parts and bone fragments.

Writers wait in their area of expertise.

Who stole my candy?

Turkey Autopsy

Crime Writer's Society.

"Ignore him - he hates everyone I haul in for questioning."

'You're not supposed to block off an area to look for your contact lens.'

"Has anyone considered that maybe his dress was a disguise?"

"Let me through... I’m an armchair detective!"

"I'm home, with all my DNA."

Penguin identity parade

'I'm going to ask you one more time; who left a hot mug on this table?'