Surname Sleuth Gifts

"This says 'Garcia' and 'Rodriguez' are now among the top 10 most common names in the United States."

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

Joan Hickson

'Come on Jill, they say the water's well good.'

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

"Grammar-police, sir, we have some questions about your online posts and the inappropriate use of apostrophes."

Thesaurus Publishing: In a Meeting, Gathering, Conference, Forum, Discussion.

"Nice job, but there in the middle, I think you spelled Akhenaten wrong."

"Check this wall for fingerprints."

"I had no idea. You mean I'm a dog?"

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

Optician and the PI.

Man reading a book in the library. Notices a man next to him reading all book about spying.

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

'I got my grant to study why the word 'COOL' persists generation after generation'

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

"It's got my current Wordle winning streak on it."

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

A Welcome mat words mixed up at the Dyslexic Clinic

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

"That's more like it!"

Sherlock Holmes.

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

"All the letters in the alphabet are one-syllable words. Tell that to "W"."

"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.

Personnel: 'First of all, there's no 'Y' in resume...'

Subliminal messages!

Detective Honky

"… and this one too, doc — 'university' is definitely spelled wrong."

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

"Just as we suspected, he's running a dummy company"

Crime scene outline on the floor of a grocery store.