Missing Person Mystery Fan Prints

Announcement over school PA: 'We're going to begin this week with an all-school search for Mr. Ridley - last Friday's substitute teacher.'

"Ma'am, have you checked with 'Lost and Found', yet?"

"Now, were those friends of your Gettys or Gottis?"

'I hate to be so skeptical, but I still think the seance business is a hoax!'

'Mysteries' section of bookshop reveals secret door.

The Shed Mystery: 'Ah! There you are! Ok, that's enough...time to go ho...uh...wait...what the...?'

"Quoth the raven, 'Nevermore.'"

He looks so natural lying there...

The Department of Mystery - No one really knows who we are or what we do, including us.

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

"'A body at rest'? -- Are you writing murder mysteries now, Isaac?"

'Mark my word, Walters, this is no ordinary virus.'

Channelling on the Cheap

"Play 'Misty' for me."

"OK, we may not have ways of making you talk, but we do have ways of making your leg twitch uncontrollably."

Whodunnit. Whoreallydunnit.

He's making a list --- Holmes solves cases quicker when he itemizes deductions.

"Maybe our beloved founder is trying to tell us something."

The Big Book of Suspicious Crawl Spaces

Acme-5000 Lie Detector

'Yes, they were using it to clean up the graffiti!'

"In closing, I would like to remind the jury that he says he didn't do it."

Sherlock Holmes with a magnifying glass.

The lion statues in front of New York City Library are replaced with spies.

'Turns out it was J K Rowling, in the drawing room, with a laptop.'

'Hey, buddy -- can you keep a secret?'

'The good news is that it's not your fault.'

'This it is, Ferguson! Finally, we found the legendary, mysterious snowmen crematory!'

Office of the Special Investigator: Stepped out to follow the 'money trail'.

'And in local news: Someone is hiding behind the drapes.'

Park bench reserved for Mi6 recruitment.

ESP pizza: You'll get it before you order it or it's free!

Illustration for 'The Notting Hill Mystery'. (woman pulled out of the river).

'What the … ? How did those thugs get into my car?'

'You've previously worked as a hieroglyph translator and an MI5 codebreaker - ideal!'