Young Sleuths Gifts

A boy acting suspiciously

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

Eco-Anxiety For All Seasons

'Alone for the weekend at last!'

Detective and child follow footprints using magnifying glasses.

'The police is looking for a teenager who reads books... I bet they'll never solve this case!'

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

Optician and the PI.

"First buttons, then zippers, now we learn to tie our shoes. Is mom trying to tell us something?"

'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...'

"Hmmm...this'll be a tough one..."

'Do I have a story to tell about Novox Genlab!'

"The butler did it!"

"I love people-watching."

Kid to mom: 'How come I ask so many questions?'

Communicate with the departed via the cloud.

'Who's your Daddy?'

The Banana Crime

'Please be quiet while the attempts to locate your head.'

'If he's innocent, why does he need such a hot-shot lawyer?'

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

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

Conflicting Reports

'Bravo Professor, you stumbled upon the one fact that makes sense of it all. Unfortunately humanity is not permitted to know that the Universe was designed by a committee of ducks.'

''Rumplestiltskin' sounds like an ALIAS to me!'

Sherlock Holmes and the case of the tea.

'I let Facebook and My-Space do most of the leg work. I just park outside houses wearing a trilby.'

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

Sherlock Holmes.

Enola Holmes/Millie Bobby Brown

'Sue, the poltergeist has made us another cake.'

'Say what you will about Mad Dog Jensen... He was the craftiest adversary we ever faced!'

Reporter at a crime scene.