Mystery Writers Gifts

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

Edgar Allen Poe

The Dorrie Decimal System

'Mysteries' section of bookshop reveals secret door.

"Your hunch was right, Officer Garcia. We'll need a good editor to clean up this manuscript and bring his unfinished novel to a satisfying conclusion."

"Elementary, my dear Watson- the cartoonist did it."

Murder in Apartment 6-K

The mysterious Sherlock Holmes - 'Is he wearing his cap backwards or forwards?'

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

"Either we spend millions on new technology to erase each agent's memory following a sensitive assignment, or we just start hiring people over fifty."

"The previous tenant was a bit of a shut-in."

"Elementary, my dear Quackson."

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

"I got those famous last words you wanted"

Detective and child follow footprints using magnifying glasses.

"We need rain."

'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.'

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

I just made up that part. It should really throw people for a loop if they find this place thousands of years from now!

'Believe me, you don't want to know what's in it.'

"I know. But I think I can change him."

'..It's just that with all your amazing powers of deduction and elimination, Holmes, I'm just a little surprised that the best solution you can come up with for seeing off the hound of the Baskervilles, is to 'chase them across the moors with a hoover. up

Mystery of the Poets

A mummy, in police tape, chases a police officer.

'If anybody here knows why these two should not be wed...'

Conspiracy Theory Bookstore: JFK, Princess Di, and Osama Bin Laden.

"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?"

'The police is looking for a teenager who reads books... I bet they'll never solve this case!'

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

"I can't be sure...I only got a quick look."

Cosa Nostradamus: "Listen, you mook. I predict if you don't pay the vig to the Don by tonight you'll be at the bottom of the Hudson by morning."

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

"My creative writing professor suggested that I write about what I know...from my own experience!"

Subway Thrillers

"We're here, Harry."