Mystery Maven Gifts

Eddie's Fables presents: "The Worm and the Caterpillar"

Fortunes. . .$20, Impressions. . .$10, Clenches. . . $5, Wild Guess. . . $2.

"And I would've gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for you meddling kids, and the bloodstains on my clothes and in the trunk of my car!"

"I feel like our ritual Illuminati death orgies have become routine Illuminati death orgies."

Sherlock Holmes

CIA - Incognito/Outcognito.

"I deleted the email, erased the online history, but I completely forgot about shredding the paper trail."

'It's had the best reviews I've ever written.'

C Day Lewis.

"How would I know how long he'll be? I'm not the psychic!"

An empty 'crime' section in a bookhop

The Humpty Dumpty Case: Startling New Evidence Comes to Light!

Nostradamus's secret is almost exposed.

Whodunits

Jose Manuel Villarejo Scandal

'Forget about Kilroy — the trail is cold.'

Vacancy, Prison Librarian

Shakespeare in the park Mickey Spillane in the alley.

'Frankly, your investment portfolio dropping 42 isn't quite the mystery plot we're looking for.'

"You will shortly be losing a lot of money - that'll be £20 please!"

"If you haven't got any interesting problems, try making some up. Sexy ones, preferably."

'The only mystery remaining is, who wins the scholarship to Sherlock Holmes University...'

Trilby - 'The Moon-dial'.

"Last chance, or Max here has ways of making you talk."

Black Magic

Staff picks

"Your heart rate's good, but it shouldn't be beating under the floor like that."

Ghostwriting the Bible

"Ever since you changed from a frog to a Prince you seem a little jumpy!"

Adam names the animals (He puts sticky notes on them saying Shaz, Dave, Trish etc).

'The next piece contains sex, violence, and Homeric epithets.'

Invisible clothes

Wolf to Red Riding Hood: 'No thanks, I'm on a strict grandmother diet.'

'What did I tell you? There's always a catch to those bargain internet travel fares...'

Stonehenge Explained