Literary Mystery Solver Mugs

'Edward de Vere? -- give me a break!'

'I remember when you used to look for answers using your astute powers of deduction.'

Barks in code.

Secret footage from Roswell, shows an alien and debris from a crashed UFO

hard-boiled egg...

"I think I may have stumbled on something, Walpole."

"First Lady Lettuce goes missing, then Colonel Crouton followed by Reginald Radish... Great Caesar's Ghost! Someone is making a salad!"

A boy acting suspiciously

'Trust me, there's nobody to rescue that way...'

A Vase has fallen on a cat's head. Are mice to blame?

"The note in the bottle said someone's stranded here, but where is he?"

Murder in Apartment 6-K

'We subpoenaed all of 'Mr. Big's' electronic messages. They're in morse code.'

"You're lucky someone was nice enough to turn it in."

"Unfortunately, there's no cure—there's not even a race for a cure."

'If he could trace the matching sock I've another 25 or 30 to account for.'

"You know the stories about putting a pair of socks into the washing machine and getting out just one of them...Jones, it seems that we found the hideaway of the second socks!"

'No, you can't use your last wish, to wish for another three wishes!'

"My wife is the queen of misheard lyrics! Listen to her singing carefully next time: it's hilarious..."

"Here...let me call an expert...someone who knows about these things."

"This just in: one of us always tells lies; the other always tells the truth. Who's who? Stay tuned."

'I'm sure that the autopsy will confirm it was a suicide.'

Detective and child follow footprints using magnifying glasses.

"According to the map, the treasure should be right behind that door."

'And I love the part when he finds out that it was his brother all along!'

"True crime meets reality TV"

'We're looking for somebody to work on our new top secret project. Can you tell me what kind of experience you have?'

Man browsing books see couple kissing in romance section of book store.

"It's interpret-your-own-test-results day today."

'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.'

"Odd, since neither of us overfeeds her by even the smallest amount."

"So, just to be clear: the 'voices inside your head' told you to launder the money from forfeited law enforcement seizures in exchange for federal tax breaks for your Uncle Mark in Costa Rica?"

Marriage a la Mode - Death of the Earl.

"Of course, it may be one of those sting operations!"