- The Sudden Dark Complete
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- Parts 24
- Time 2h 0m
An alcoholic, a loner, a police detective on suspension: Max Hendricks is busy hitting his lowest point when he agrees takes on a favour in his spare time to track down a young ex-con who's disappeared with some money that doesn't belong to him and a lot of secrets along with it. But there are other people looking for him, too -- people with murder on their minds and a bitter, tangled past at their heels... - Riptide (Sam McRae Mystery #3) Complete
- Reads 6,886
- Votes 928
- Parts 45
- Time 3h 53m
A week at the beach could kill you. Stephanie Ann "Sam" McRae's stay in Ocean City for the annual Maryland bar association convention becomes a busman's holiday when her best friend Jamila is arrested for murder. All signs point to a frame, but Jamila's local counsel advises her to plea bargain. This would permanently stain the ambitious attorney's spotless record, unless Sam and a private investigator can find evidence to clear her. Sam has her work cut out for her, since the victim is the stepson of a local wealthy entrepreneur and poultry producer and no one will talk to her, including the lawyer's investigator. Even Jamila seems to be withholding information. Meanwhile, Sam's running from mysterious pursuers and comes under police scrutiny when another murder takes place. With the clock ticking down to the convention and preliminary hearing, Sam must uncover secrets, lies, and fraud to find the real killer. At what cost will that knowledge come for Sam? - Waters of Oblivion Complete
- Reads 1,606,752
- Votes 68,169
- Parts 76
- Time 10h 48m
Sometimes you just might have to die to live again. ***** When art historian Reine Baldwin meets Gabe Moran, a charming journalist, she has no idea their blossoming love will shatter her comfortable life. But a series of clues lead Reine to discover that she's not alone in knowing that she was born centuries ago and-worse yet-there are many things she apparently doesn't even remember. Reine has to face a forgotten past and a forgotten ex-husband (the handsome billionaire Max Baldovini), who-like her-is immortal and cannot truly die. Should she trade her ordinary life with Gabe for the love of Max, a man who's worshipped her for half a millennium? The choice should be easy, until Reine starts to remember things that Max is desperate to make her forget. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]] Cover made with Canva image generator. - More Poison in Your Coffee? Complete
- Reads 156,918
- Votes 12,841
- Parts 24
- Time 3h 36m
Evelyn's day couldn't get any worse, until a local news anchor drops dead in her café. If that weren't bad enough the police suspect her former drug dealing cousin as the culprit, and Evie's not someone who just sits by while her family's in trouble. Putting on her sleuth hat she's in a race to find the true killer; not an easy task considering the deceased was a total ass to just about everyone he knew. Was it his neglected wife, sick of the constant verbal abuse? His pretty assistant, tired of being sexually harassed on a daily basis? Or was it his brother, jealous of the success he could never find himself? Hell, maybe it's that strange new guy that's only a quarter-step from being a bum. If Evie thought today was a hot mess, she's in for ride of her life. Evie Harper Mysteries: Book 1 - Playing Perfect Complete
- Reads 544,694
- Votes 23,251
- Parts 32
- Time 8h 16m
[FEATURED IN TEEN FICTION & MYSTERY!] "I hate you so much you make my blood boil, but I can't stop thinking about you." Alice Travers has the perfect life. As Sierra Grammar's residential beauty and brains, she's always surrounded by a horde of friends and followed by a trail of compliments - she's a Travers after all. But something strange is stirring. For the first time in her life, she's receiving mean messages and finding rubbish piled in her locker. Her boyfriend is becoming distant and she discovers she has no one to turn to. Alice's perfect life is beginning to fall apart, and there's only one person who seems to have the answers - her childhood friend and the boy she's hated for the past four years. Finn Cauley. #1 IN CHILDHOOD FRIENDS Complete: 5/07/2020 (77,178 words) Rewritten: 17/09/2021 New word count: 98,945 - The Vanishing Body Complete
- Reads 42
- Votes 0
- Parts 8
- Time 13m
Max Palmer is on the case, and this one involves the wrong body showing up at a funeral. - Malpractice Makes Perfect Complete
- Reads 16,708
- Votes 3,191
- Parts 25
- Time 5h 40m
When heiress Alexis Dupont asks part-time P.I Evie Harper to search her sisters room for an expensive missing heirloom it seems like an easy gig to give Evie a little pocket change and a look into the life of one of her business idols. Instead, Evie finds a family haunted by the death of their matriarch, whose sporadic ramblings point to murder. But why would someone risk killing a woman rapidly dying of disease? And can Evie prove there was a murder when her body is already dead and buried? With the go ahead from Alexis, Evie is determined to put to rest all doubts into Diana Dupont's odd death and give the family the closure it needs. But did the illness take her, or was there foul play? And most importantly, will she ever get paid? Evie Harper Mysteries: Book 4 - Don't Hate Da Playa Complete
- Reads 209
- Votes 40
- Parts 10
- Time 3h 19m
After a hit-and-run occurs outside of his favorite bar, Retired Detective turned Private Eye Josh Slim is asked by the owner to find out the details of the employee's death. While the police are ruling it out as a simple hit-and-run, Slim knows better. When he finds out the victim was quite the ladies' man, Slim teams up with the victim's sexy, single female college professor to find her student's killer. - We Will Begin Again Complete
- Reads 45
- Votes 4
- Parts 11
- Time 37m
A detective must solve a mystery of the disappearance of several people, all whom owned self driving cars. I wrote this story for my Master's. Please enjoy. - THE BAD GUYS IN: HARD BOILED DOUBLE FEATURE Ongoing
- Reads 2,166
- Votes 49
- Parts 14
- Time 1h 17m
In this hard boiled mystery solving double feature, the bad guys team up with two of the greatest detectives In the world: mystery inc and Tom & Jerry. Ever since mystery inc stop the bad guys, they grown up and apart so shaggy and Scooby are now detectives and with Tom and Jerry since Tom left the bad guys he joins Jerry in a detective agency But the two teams must reunite with the bad guys when: in Scooby doo he and shaggy have to stop a monster that's haunting princess and Tom and Jerry must solving a missing person case the missing person is princess They must work together to solve one of the greatest mysteries ever, but the question Is: Can Mystery inc trust the bad guys to save princess, can Tom and Jerry find princess in time before it's too late - The Porn Identity Complete
- Reads 8,637
- Votes 2,092
- Parts 27
- Time 5h 23m
There's something odd about Evie's latest case. Ashley Pham has been hacked by an anonymous blackmailer who's threatening to leak her nudes if she doesn't pay up. She goes to Evie Harper, café owner and part time private investigator, in hopes of catching the creep before he can make good on his promise. As Evie digs deeper into the case, she discovers the blackmailer is not only more prolific than expected, but also closer than imagined. When he's discovered dead the police set their sights on Ashley. After all, she was the last person he threatened. But Evie has a hard time believing the timid woman could stand up for herself let alone pull a trigger. Not when there's three other suspects who had the motive and opportunity to pop the pervy extortionist themselves. All Evie knows is whoever it was won't stop at one murder to keep their dirty little secret. And what's done in darkness, will come to light by the time she's done with them. - Fatal Connections Complete
- Reads 910
- Votes 92
- Parts 81
- Time 5h 20m
While battling drug addiction and post-traumatic demons, can a female veteran overcome the forces trying to frame her for murder? When Marine veteran and aspiring private eye Erica Jensen gets a frantic call for help from a client-the female half of a social media influencer couple-she springs into action. Unfortunately, she arrives at their house only to find their bodies, butchered, in the basement. Despite her cooperation with police, the homicide detectives on the case consider Erica a possible "person of interest." As Erica struggles to exonerate herself, she draws unwanted attention from a mysterious stranger. Meanwhile, witnesses who could clear her wind up dead. Can Erica fight forces powerful enough to frame her for murder without getting herself or more civilians killed? - Angels Mark (The Serena Wilcox Dystopian Trilogy Book 1) Complete
- Reads 267,838
- Votes 3,693
- Parts 24
- Time 4h 31m
The future of the nation depends on former private detective Serena Wilcox and her unlikely crew. "Angels Mark" is a quirky, suspenseful and unpredictable thriller, book 1 in a trilogy - read them all! In "Angels Mark", Serena Wilcox and her family have destroyed their old home and faked their deaths to go off the grid under new identities, after obtaining insider information about a threat to the United States. The threat results in a geographically divided America, with two governing presidents: John Williams and Japanese-American Ann Kinji. Conspiracy, greed and a lust for power are at the root of this plot-twisting thriller about corrupt American government. Revolting and oddball characters, quirky humor, shocking dialog and events: "Spellbinding!" Book #1 in the Serena Wilcox Dystopian Thriller Trilogy ["Angels Mark" The Serena Wilcox Mysteries] is cross-genre: hard-boiled mystery, suspense, futuristic, speculative fiction, political and religious thriller. It is part of a series of trilogies. In progress: "Project Scarecrow", book 1 of the new Serena Wilcox Time Travel Trilogy. - Revenge (Book 1, the Redemption Series) Complete
- Reads 154,673
- Votes 2,031
- Parts 6
- Time 20m
ORGINALLY A 'PAID' STORY. NOW PUBLISHED ON AMAZON/KU *** 4 CHAPTER SAMPLE HERE *** Jake Bryant, a disgraced Chicago detective, inserts himself into the police investigation of his murdered best friend to protect the woman he loves - his friend's widow. ***** Jake Bryant, a former Chicago PD detective, rushes home after his best friend is killed. Determined to find the murderer, he starts his own investigation into Tom's death. However, the case is complicated by the involvement of a motorcycle gang, drugs, and Jake's feelings for Tom's widow. But Jake has bigger problems when the police set the killer free- who then decides to silence Tom's family as well. Now Jake is faced with the ultimate dilema. Does he trust a broken system to protect Tom's family? Or does he seek his own brand of justice? [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]] - Kisses Are Like Bullets Complete
- Reads 624
- Votes 88
- Parts 12
- Time 3h 21m
Retired Detective Josh Slim has decided to go into the private eye business for some supplemental income; however, the person who just hired him was someone he never expected to see again. An ex-con, who Slim put away years ago, is back out on the streets, and she has enlisted the former detective to help her find a man who stole two-hundred million dollars from her before she went off to prison. Thinking this small job will lead to a bigger payoff, Slim takes it, but soon finds himself involved with strippers, killers, and even The Feds. As things heat up, he wonders if it was best if he just stayed retired. - Freeze (The Jewel Project #4) Complete
- Reads 66,172
- Votes 7,729
- Parts 73
- Time 16h 29m
"I know your weakness. You want to be fair, you want to do right, you want to be the good guy. I could give you a depression you'd never crawl out of." Sometimes, no matter the turmoil in our lives, it's the seemingly irrelevant, simple, normal things that heighten our pulse and tighten our stomachs. Sam Grant has come to that conclusion over the last months because after all his adventures and near-death experiences, he's still stressed out about exams. But the ordinary morphs into the unexpected when Snitch Gravel decides to break their silent deal. Home is no longer safe and rules no longer apply. As Sam and Tom try to fix what has been broken in the delicate balance between their two lives, the rest of the group embarks on a new mission to dig out one more jewel before Snitch Gravel finds it. But with no leader and just a vague hint, it's turning out to be harder than expected as tension within the group bubbles to boiling point. But glory waits for no one. The race is on. ❄ Epic cover by @italychick Highest rank #63 in Adventure
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