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"We haven't been able to pick up his trail. We think he's using invisible ink."

Inept police investigators at work solving a murder.

'The killer should not be hard to find - he has left a trail of inserts.'

The Fleas of the Hound of the Baskervilles.

'He doesn't sound familiar, but you're welcome to rummage around to see if anyone has turned him in.'

Man investigating man investigating footprints.

"You may not like what I've dug out, but you did ask me to snoop into your husband!"

Increase in crime

"Evidence suggests she was working on the puzzle, got up to make tea, husband enters and puts last piece in..."

Joan Hickson

Detective and child follow footprints using magnifying glasses.

"I'm a brilliant stalker and love photography, so I thought: why not?"

Optician and the PI.

Private detective looking very conspicuous while the suspect is saying 'He hasn't really got the hang of discreet surveillance, has he?'

'So far we don't have any suspects.'

"Check this wall for fingerprints."

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

"I found a partial thumbprint. Let's get the heck out of here"

"I love people-watching."

"It's a puzzling case, Watson. For all I know, the culprit could be staring me right in the face."

'He's not having an affair Ma'am: He goes out at night mainly to chase cars and eat from garbage bins...'

"The butler did it!"

'This assignment calls for a chicken.'

'But Holmes, how did you know what the victim had for his last meal?'

'Let's go over it again: the cat is out cold, and the only clue is a little wet castle...'

'Now that WE'VE found the secret message we will respond by not telling anyone.'

Top Secret

'If he's innocent, why does he need such a hot-shot lawyer?'

"This was no accident, Sarge! He was intentionally DROPPED!"

"Well Inspector - that little trap you set seems to have worked!"

Sherlock Holmes and the case of the tea.

'Off hand, I'd say it's a head trauma caused by a blunt instrument.'

Auditing

Sherlock Holmes.

Arthur Conan Doyle, MD, observes a passerby who has touch stains on his fingers, paint on his trousers and plaster on his jacket, and quickly deduces the man is a slob.