Solving A Mystery Gifts

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

'I remember when you used to look for answers using your astute powers of deduction.'

Barks in code.

hard-boiled egg...

Secret footage from Roswell, shows an alien and debris from a crashed UFO

"I think I may have stumbled on something, Walpole."

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

A boy acting suspiciously

'Trust me, there's nobody to rescue that way...'

A Vase has fallen on a cat's head. Are mice to blame?

"The note in the bottle said someone's stranded here, but where is he?"

'We subpoenaed all of 'Mr. Big's' electronic messages. They're in morse code.'

Murder in Apartment 6-K

"You're lucky someone was nice enough to turn it in."

"Unfortunately, there's no cure—there's not even a race for a cure."

"May I get an equation in edgewise."

"You know the stories about putting a pair of socks into the washing machine and getting out just one of them...Jones, it seems that we found the hideaway of the second socks!"

"Here...let me call an expert...someone who knows about these things."

'No, you can't use your last wish, to wish for another three wishes!'

"This just in: one of us always tells lies; the other always tells the truth. Who's who? Stay tuned."

'I'm sure that the autopsy will confirm it was a suicide.'

"According to the map, the treasure should be right behind that door."

Detective and child follow footprints using magnifying glasses.

Marriage a la Mode - Death of the Earl.

'Time machine materialises in Westminster Lord Lucan arrested'

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

"Odd, since neither of us overfeeds her by even the smallest amount."

'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.'

"Of course, it may be one of those sting operations!"

"So that's where all the socks ended up!"

"So, just to be clear: the 'voices inside your head' told you to launder the money from forfeited law enforcement seizures in exchange for federal tax breaks for your Uncle Mark in Costa Rica?"

'We're looking for somebody to work on our new top secret project. Can you tell me what kind of experience you have?'

'And I love the part when he finds out that it was his brother all along!'