Murder-mystery Stories

"once the sun, asked the moon for a hug, and the world called it an eclipse" - Pinterest Amaris Fitz-Amobi had never believed the singhs should be treated how the did or that they were monsters, but she didnt agree that pip should go to interview ravi singh. she thought that it would just open an old wound, but deciding to be partners with pip on the EPQ she had to go with pip to interview ravi. but she never thought that partnering with her sister for their EPQ would bring her the type of love that she had longed to feel for years. agggtm: ✅ started: 2-21-24 finished: 4-11-24 ggbb:📝 started: 4-11-24 finished: tbd agad: ❌ started: tbd finished:tbd

"𝗜𝗳 𝘄𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗱'𝘀 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹𝘀." So how does a young girl who started life with everything she could dream of... a loving set of parents, who believed in her no matter what- end up living in Quantico in the Naturals Program...? Maybe it was watching her aunt die... or her mother getting kidnapped? Hmm.

A w|w high school romance story, with a true crime twist. The year 1984 loomed heavy over the small town of Frisco, Colorado. For Kelsey Vaughn, a senior at Snowy Peaks High School, it was the worst time to be alive. A small town preaching hate towards people like her. People that fall in love with the same gender. Kelsey wants to just graduate and move away to somewhere that nobody will know her, but there's a few people that she's not ready to leave behind. Like Antionette Vale, the girl she can't seem to ignore no matter how much she tries. But Kelsey's complicated feelings aren't the only thing going on in Frisco. Something much darker is looming over the town. When bodies begin to pop up one after the other, there is only one logical conclusion. Murder. As more and more clues come up, it begins to seem like Kelsey is the only one who can solve the murders, but how can she do that when it's her own love that she's lost?

Sexy and spoilt mafia princess, Carmen Amalfitano, is untouchable... until a masked serial killer starts targetting her. Carmen is forced to team up with Cole Balmain, the detective who has been hunting her down for years, and hell bent on annihilating the mafia in Atataro. The Cheerleader Killer's first mistake was letting Carmen Amalfitano live. But will everything fall apart when they reveal the man behind the mask? ✨Enemies to lovers, love triangle, smut ✨

The town of Dogwood in Cross County, North Carolina is a picturesque seaside community with a sordid past swimming in piracy. Smoking Beard, aka Edward Hollingsworth, was the terror of the colonial coast in the 1600's, and one of Dogwood's founding members, before his descent into illegal privateering and eventual decline into madness. Four hundred years later, Bertha Rodriguez, romance novelist, resides in Dogwood along with her best friend Camilla Goldstein, Dogwood's chief of police. Every year the town capitalizes on its founders' past with a week long festival in June. The Founders' Festival brings much needed tourism and a break from the monotony of living in a small town. This year will be different, a huge storm hits the coast two weeks before the festival begins and someone uses it as an opportunity for murder. With their town cut off from the rest of civilization, it falls to Bertha and Camilla to solve the murder before the weather clears and the villain is able to make an escape. Written for the Open Novella Contest 2026 The prompt which inspired this story was number 22: Your book never found much success, but on a train ride you spot a stranger reading it with the biggest smile you've ever seen. No part of this story may be used to program AI. If you see this story anywhere besides Wattpad please make me aware. This is the only place I post stories. I don't have multiple accounts on this site, so this is the only profile this story should be posted on. Thank you, readers.

Read through the journals of three teenagers who meet each other at difficult times in each of their lives and discover the dark secret of their small town. Years ago, tens of children and teenagers missing. None returned. Such a big tragedy... now forgotten by everyone. Except Harvey. He's obsessed with this mystery, spending every day in his room trying to make sense of everything, when one day his world turns upside down. Harvey. The outcast. Timid and quiet, he gets bullied by his former friend Michael for a rumour that was spread a long time ago. On his 15th birthday, a mysterious girl he had never seen before saves him and they become friends. Will he finally be able to open up? Can he?... Mari. The new kid. Outspoken and strong, she moves to Catfish Town after her parents' divorce with her mom and her sister, Cathy. She joins Michael's gang, only to find out that they're a bunch of bullies and then leaves them. Will she manage to fit in? Will she have the fresh start she's always wanted here? Kit. Childish, bright and friendly, an aspiring basketball player whose leg gets crushed in a car accident, in which he also loses his older brother, Vincent. He's finally out of the hospital and back to his now empty home. He feels like a stranger to everyone else. They all look at him with pity. Will Aoi, his old friend, look at him with pity too?

The protagonist, Nevan- Investigating a murder case with his partner, Gregory. An particular murder case has caught Nevan's eyes, he then sought out to find the truth on who's the killer. The story either play as a third perspective or Nevan's perspective's. Chamber of Reflection are made with a small team and some contributes!

When Mrs. Maria Alvere is found dead in her grand lakeside mansion, a single white lily rests on her chest - a silent signature left behind. The death appears peaceful. Too peaceful. Investigator Sharon Blake uncovers a secret buried for decades: Maria had a hidden daughter. A daughter erased from her past and raised in the shadows. As tensions rise between the rightful heir, Stella, and the mysterious newcomer, Mia, long-buried truths begin to surface. But Maria's murder is only the beginning. A burned photograph. A father declared dead decades ago. A house that seems to remember everything. As secrets unravel, one question lingers in the dark halls of the Alverez mansion: Did the killer come for revenge... or to silence a truth that was never meant to survive? In a story of betrayal, hidden bloodlines, and a man who may have never truly died, The House of White Lilies is a haunting mystery that proves some families are built on secrets - and some secrets refuse to stay buried.

Time doesn't heal all wounds. Some just freeze over, waiting for detectives Will, Tyrone, and Maggie to crack the ice. From a 1978 stabbing with an architect's pen to a stolen infant who became a murder victim, every cold case is a thread-and pulling one can unravel a killer hiding in plain sight, or ignite a gangland war decades cold. In the Frozen Crimes unit, the past isn't dead. It's just waiting to kill again.

Nora Mar, The golden girl, Always sweet towards others, always giving to others and always trying to please others. Nora Mar born into the light with the warmest soul. Levi Leroud The total opposite of Nora Mar. Never sweet to others, never willing to give to others. Levi Leroud born into the dark with the coldest soul. --------- One chilly day, Nora Mar got into a stupid argument between her sister. Nora rushes out the house in anger. Not realizing that will be her biggest mistake. She comes back home to see her only sister gone from the earth. 5 years later, Nora come across something that will change everything .She starts to investigate her sister death and others. But the closer she gets. The closer she becomes a target. That when Levi comes around and offers to help her discover the truth of her sister death and all the other innocent girls deaths. What will happen when they work together? What will happen when they get closer to the truth? What secret and plot twists will stumble into their investigation? TWISTED

Tony Dawson's death shatters the lives he touched - some devastated, some liberated, all irrevocably changed. As his loved ones, rivals, and victims grapple with his absence, they soon discover Tony's manipulative grip extends even beyond the grave. But as the tangled threads of his past begin to unravel, the question remains: are they finally being set free or is the knot beginning to tighten? **** 2nd Place in Four Leaf Clover Awards for Mystery *** Chapter Headings by Samantha Puchacz

Sarah is a young Vampire slayer guarding the hellmouth in prohibition era Cleveland. She and her precocious watcher, William, are faced with a new mystery like nothing they've ever seen: a series of vampires found restrained and missing eyes, tongues, and other limbs. To further confuse the situation, a mysterious figure is sending letters to the Watcher's Council, signing off only as "The Læch." Who is experimenting on these vampires? Is it even Sarah's job to rescue them? And can she do so without meeting the final fate which all slayers must meet someday?

Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy were the Ministry's most lethal Auror team-brilliant, fearless, and dangerously in sync. One catastrophic failure cost her everything. One failure made him choose his career over hers. Now she investigates hexed garden gnomes while he rises through Ministry ranks. When a Gringotts manager vanishes under impossible circumstances, Hermione sees the connections everyone else misses. But solving this case means crossing paths with Draco again-and confronting the magnitude of her mistake.

She was meant to say I do. Instead, she showed up at the police station - drenched in rain, her red bridal dress torn and streaked with mud. > "I don't love him," she whispered. "And if I marry him... I'll die." Detective Reid Lawson thought he'd seen everything - until that night. But hours after she walked into his station, the bride vanished. Three days later, her body was found. Every fingerprint. Every trace of evidence. Every clue... leads back to him. As the case spirals out of control, Reid begins to hear her voice - soft, familiar, haunting. Now he doesn't know what's real anymore. Is he going mad? Is his mind turning against him - or has someone set him up for her murder? He has to find the truth before the whispers become screams... and before he ends up behind bars for a crime he doesn't remember committing.

A storm brews over the Mushroom Kingdom as a string of grisly murders leaves the citizens terrified and the royal castle on edge. With her people demanding answers, Princess Peach finds herself balancing politics, panic, and fear - while Toadette, a true-crime podcaster, decides to investigate the case herself. But the deeper she digs, the stranger things get. Soon, new faces emerge - detectives, council members, travelers, and friends from faraway lands - each with their own secrets and motives. What starts as a search for a killer slowly unravels into something much darker - a conspiracy that could shatter the very heart of the Kingdom. The truth hides behind the crown... and the killer may be closer than anyone thinks..

Tyler Morton, a therapist in his mid 50's, lived a boring life. The usual thing you'd expect from a man like him. That is until he meets Vikki, a 23-year-old who just lost her job. From this point forward, neither of their lives will ever be the same. An old murder case brought up by Vikki leads to a series of events, including(but not limited to): A serial killer that has been missing for 30 years, Tyler's past coming back to haunt him, Vikki's whole life being a lie, a chase for a man that might not exist, and so much more. Drama, suspense, and of course, murder.

If your boyfriend was a serial killer, what would you do first? Call the cops? Become his accomplice? Or kill him first? Brielle Averette is a 21 year old criminology major who can never seem to catch a break- when she found out that there is something definitely worse than finding out that your partner is a cheater, she knew to act fast Cameron Sullivan is the infamous campus killer- not referring to his charms. He majors in fine arts, but recently he had only been painting with blood. His girlfriend's been acting distant, however. It worries him, like it would for any other boyfriend. But he's only playing the part of the doting love interest. What goes on in the sick mind of this psychopath is a puzzle Brielle is working to uncover- hopefully unnoticed ⚠️This series (slightly) touches on many topics such as murder, psychological manipulation, suicide, self-harm, sexual assault, and mental disorders. None of these topics will be glorified, ignorantly discussed, or condoned. If you have issues involving any of the listed, read at your own risk. Remember, if you ever find yourself looking for a reason, talk to someone-anyone willing to listen, whether that is a friend, a family member, or a stranger. Additionally, all events in this story are fictional. Any similarities to incidents or people in real life are due to sheer coincidence.

The knight nursery, once a haven of laughter, crayons, and playful chaos, now hides shadows no one dares to name. When a staff member is found dead under mysterious circumstances, panic spreads quietly through the halls, infecting every whispered conversation. Secrets that were meant to stay buried begin to claw their way to the surface, revealing envy, resentment, and betrayal in the most unexpected places. Every glance across the staffroom, every closed door, every sound in the empty playroom carries the weight of suspicion. In a place built for children, the darkness of adult deceit proves deadlier than anyone could have imagined, and no one is truly safe from what lurks behind the cheerful walls. -- I recommend you get some tissues, this one was an emotional rollercoaster to write. But with that. Happy reading, don't sob too much. 🫶

1908. A transatlantic voyage. Jane fled her broken home for a new beginning. She boarded the ship to escape her past. She thought she was just a passenger. But someone on board knows her name-and wants her dead. A young woman. A famous detective. His stubborn grandson. A voyage that becomes a deadly game of secrets, lies, and survival.

After waking up in a field of sorts, Woody was already put off. However, after learning what he and 19 others were there for would definitely shake things up. After all, they just got out of B̶͙́F̵̣̃D̵̯́I̶͚͠, and now they're in a place none of them could imagine. (NONE OF THESE CHARACTERS ARE MINE! PLEASE WATCH BFDI FOR SOME ELEMENTS!) Yeah, I basically tried making a BFDIRonpa fanfic. Might try talking about at a different time, but who knows.