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Flame Noir Find-A-Quote Puzzle No. 3 – FREE!

Print and play Flame Noir Find-A-Quote No. 3 for free. This installment features an often mis-credited and misquoted classic Hercule Poirot quote: “It is the brain, the little gray cells on which one must rely. The senses mislead. One must seek the truth within – not without.” Often cited as being found in “The Mysterious Affair at Styles”, this quote actually appears in the collection, “Poirot Investigates”, (by Agatha Christie, published 1925), and can be found in the short story titled “The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim” (Chapter IX, page 127).

Flame Noir Find-A-Quote Puzzle No. 2 – FREE!

Print and play Flame Noir Find-A-Quote No. 2 for free. This installment features a classic example of the gritty but charming humor commonly found in hardboiled detective novels of the 1930s and 40s. From Raymond Chandler’s full-length novel, “Farewell My Lovely” (published 1940), we offer this Philip Marlowe classic: “It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained-glass window”. Enjoy!