Young Adult Fiction Gifts

"Reading YA is passe. We're into picture books."

Sherlock Holmes selling Sherlock Holmes.

'Take my tip,sonny and say it with jelly babies.'

'Look dear, he's writing political speeches.'

"Puss in cement boots"

"Yeah, you could say I've got mother issues....she told me I have to move out!"

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

'This is a good time to be young, son. Look at all the opportunities you have in front of you...you can help sole the problems of the environment, poverty,civil rights....'

Fred Dinsdale - Forensic expert.

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

'You can stick your filthy shell. I'm listening to the Arctic Monkeys.'

The Big Book of Suspicious Crawl Spaces

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

'So, in room 1 we sweat them. 2 is for grilling, 3 is for roasting. We leave them to simmer in room 4...'

"My pawprints? Nah, I wore gloves. They matched my noseprints on the window."

"All I ask is a chance to ruin my life in my own way."

Snow Crime

Children playing in the street

Man reading 'How not to get caught.'

"Let's just enjoy our holiday. The whole incident with your stalker is over now. We won't see him again."

"Yes, I was using my mobile whilst driving... I was calling the police to tell them I was chasing a gang of bank robbers!"

"This, Yorik... Do you know him well?"

"By Ned, you're right, inspector—the body has been moved."

'There's my place. Technically it's still a crime scene, but you're more than welcome to traipse through it.'

"Oh, that three billion dollars."

CSI: Alaska. "What have we got, Ted?" "Looks like a snowball with a rock in it...I'll know more when I get it back to the lab."

Cop Shop/Fake evidence/Plant now for spring.

Mafia Nursery Rhymes - sorry Weazel, I'm gonna have to pop you.

'Oh no! They've been pinched.'

The Clown Hit

The Mousetrap, by Agatha Christie

'Our crime figures are down!'