Sleuthing Buff Prints

Joan Hickson

The Anti-Agent

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

CSI: Mother Goose Unit...'Hmmm...I'm beginning to suspect that perhaps mister Dumpty's demise wasn't simply a tragic accident.'

Sherlock Holmes selling Sherlock Holmes.

Round up all the king's horses and all the king's men for questioning.

"First Lady Lettuce goes missing, then Colonel Crouton followed by Reginald Radish... Great Caesar's Ghost! Someone is making a salad!"

"The Hound of the Baskervilles, Watson--I took him walkies!"

'Listen up, Baskerville! This is MacDonald! Those hounds of yours are scaring the E-I-E-I-O out of my animals!'

The Da Vinci Cod

The Philip Marlow family

OK! I promise that the questions will be easy!

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

"I started my career as an industrial spy-here."

'You can all relax and resume your game. The unattended bag discovered on the infield turned out to be the second base.'

'The good news is your life sentence is about over.'

'Is that a suspicious package in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?'

Milkin' Impossible

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

"According to stomach content analysis he'll be dead in half an hour."

'I just have an eerie feeling about this cave.'

Mystery Writing 101 - Mailbox: The butler did it, the gardener, the chauffeur.

'My crystal ball is in the shop. Pick a fortune cookie.'

"You're under arrest for an attempted murder."

MI5 Press Office

"My wife - is she still staring at me?"

'Ha Ha! Stop seeing astrally and look behind you, Bob!'

'Was Monty the culprit? Had he fixed a horse race? He couldn't remember.'

"Check this wall for fingerprints."

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

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

Uncle Sam and the CIA.

Optician and the PI.

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

'How do you expect me to concentrate when you're reading me my rights?'