Sleuth Hobbyist Pillows

"Check this wall for fingerprints."

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

Joan Hickson

That's supposed to say garage sale!

Detective and child follow footprints using magnifying glasses.

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

'So this is what you do while I'm away,'

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

Optician and the PI.

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

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

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

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

'This assignment calls for a chicken.'

"I love people-watching."

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

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

"The butler did it!"

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

'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!"

Top Secret

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

"That? - oh my husband - a closet bricklayer."

Sherlock Holmes and the case of the tea.

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

Sherlock Holmes.

Auditing

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

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.

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

Detective with a magnifying glass.

"I think it was done with mirrors."

Detective follows footprints leading to a pair of shoes.