Sleuth Stories

East High Academy and Westward Academy are every bit divisive as their names suggest. Diametrically opposed to one another or so they believe--- the quaint and prosperous city of El Salvador had long been the battleground for their long and tumultuous rivalry. Known as two of the most prestigious and illustrious highschools in the city, it is the second home of El Salvador's best and brightest students; each an ardent proponent of their school's creed. But as the number of murders and curious disappearances start to fracture the city's mirage of peace, an unlikely alliance is formed beneath its surface and against all odds. Will the tragedies that plague the city finally extinguish the burning hostility between the two schools... or will it ignite a far bigger and virulent fire--- one that threatens to reduce the city to ashes and bury all of them beneath its embers?

"Amandi." A name that means 'trust no one' in Nigerian. While their true identity remains a mystery, this anonymous host has a reputation for being controversial in terms of questioning the status quo and serving as the voice of the underdogs. How can anyone ever trust someone like Amandi especially when this person just showed up out of nowhere and already has a huge platform? What could he or she possibly be hiding? Join Milo and his friends as they deal with college, new faces and a huge mystery that could ultimately break their friendship. PUBLISHED: 7/21/2024 FINISHED: - - - ••• *NOTE: I highly encourage people to read "The Case of The Red Bubble" first before picking up this book. Also, don't let the number of parts fool you as each chapter is typically shorter. The primary target audience is between ages 15-21.

Meet Cassandra Blaire, a once under cover cop + bounty hunter, who has a new opportunity at the BAU. Join her on her first case with Emily Prentiss, David Rossi, Tara Lewis, Spencer Reid, Luke Alvez, Jennifer Jareau, and Matt Simmins. These will be a series of short stories that will be released periodically.

Hailey Short has always been seen as different but different isn't always a bad thing. At the age of 14 Hailey is diagnosed with High Functioning Autism. Two years later her parents are murdered. Ever since then, she has vowed to find out who killed her parents and bring them to justice, and what better way to do that than by joining the Emerald Police Department. When Lacey Kingston a wealthy socialite is found murdered the task of solving her murder falls to Autistic Detective Hailey Short and her coworkers at the Emerald Police Department. While Investigating Lacey's murder Hailey must navigate the perils of the dating world as a young woman with Autism. Making things even more complicated is the arrival of a note on Hailey's front door from her parent's murderer. With all these changes will Hailey be able to stay focused on finding Lacey's killer or will the killer go free? I don't know you'll have to read to find out ***New Chapters every Wednesday****

Rhoda faces the world with her broad mind and complex thinking. There wasn't much on her to do list until a mysterious item fell into her possession. It was one she craved to explore to its depths... It turned out that she wasn't the only one who was captured by its unique aura, as it held the secrets others would love to keep buried. *** Updates every Tuesday

❝ a dystopian novel where the world revolves around chess and people's status in life are defined by their elo ratings. ❞ ── ･ ✦ ♕ ✦ ･ ── Caissa, a struggling low-rated player, met a self-proclaimed detective who saved her from getting executed in exchange for a cooperation to take down a Grandmaster who operates an illegal human chess game underground.

With mounting fear, Tamannah and the rest of The Gang plead with the police officer to let them through but he refuses. In a spur-of-the-moment decision, helped by their growing panic, they push past him and rush to their friend's room. At the door, they come to an abrupt halt. A chilling scene welcomes them.... The Determination Tamannah is determined to find out what happened to her friend that day. She sets out on a mission, certain that when she has all the answers life will become bearable again. The Truth A sinister truth lurks in the shadows. Step by step, she inches closer to it, not realizing that it is unlike anything she imagined. It has the potential to put her past, present, and future at risk... The Aftermath Everything is lost. The aftermath of her encounter with the bitter truth, catching her unawares, decimates her. Will she gather the courage to fight back? Will that be enough...?

Witches and humans have always existed peacefully in Sweetland Cove... until now. Someone is killing humans and drawing unwanted attention to the supernatural residents of Sweetland Cove. Ava Rose just turned twenty-one, and with her birthday came a few surprises. One: she's a witch. Two: she's part owner of a magical bakery she never knew existed. Three: Someone wants her dead. The day Ava arrives in Sweetland Cove, murders begin occurring... Witches and wizards are quick to blame her, but Ava's aunts won't let the town they love turn against her. But murders follow Ava everywhere. Soon, she finds herself on the receiving end of the killer's mad spree. With a crazy wizarding sheriff who wants to lock her up, and an even crazier wizarding detective who wants to lock her whole family up, Ava must solve this case alone. But as the days pass and the only clues point to her, Ava starts to wonder if maybe the sheriff is right. Maybe she really is the killer. The only thing Ava knows for sure is that the witches of Sweetland are not happy with her. Especially those witches who have something to hide. And they all have something to hide. Can Ava stop the killer before they strike again... even if that killer is her?

From #1 bestselling mystery author Blake Pierce comes a new masterpiece of psychological suspense: CAUSE TO HIDE (An Avery Black Mystery-Book 3). Bodies are being found in the outskirts of Boston, their corpses burned beyond recognition, as the police realize a new serial killer is roaming the streets. As the media converges and the pressure is upped, the Boston Police Department must turn to its most brilliant-and controversial-homicide detective: Avery Black. Avery, still trying to pick up the pieces of her own life-her budding relationship with Ramirez, her reconciliation with Rose-suddenly finds herself thrown into the most challenging case of her career. With scant evidence to follow, she must enter the mind of a psychotic killer, try to understand his obsession with fire, and what clues that offers into his personality. Her trail leads her deep into Boston's worst neighborhoods, to confrontations with its worst psychopaths-and finally, to a twist she could never possibly imagine. In a game of psychological cat and mouse, a frantic race against time, Avery is led too deep into the maze of a killer's mind, and to places darker than she'd ever wish to see. A psychological thriller with heart-pounding suspense, CAUSE TO HIDE is book #3 of a riveting new series-with a beloved new character-that will leave you turning pages late into the night. Book #4 in the Avery Black series will be available soon.

In BEFORE HE SEES (A Mackenzie White Mystery-Book 2), FBI agent-in-training Mackenzie White struggles to make her mark in the FBI Academy in Quantico, trying to prove herself as a woman and as a transplant from Nebraska. Hoping she has what it takes to become an FBI agent and leave her life in the Midwest behind for good, Mackenzie just wants to keep a low profile and impress her superiors. But all that changes when the body of a woman is found in a garbage dump. The murder bears shocking similarities to the Scarecrow Killer-the case that made Mackenzie famous in Nebraska-and in the frantic race against time to stop a new serial killer, the FBI decides to break protocol and give Mackenzie a chance on the case. It is Mackenzie's big break, her chance to impress the FBI-but the stakes have never been higher. Not everyone wants her on the case, and everything she touches seems to go wrong. As the pressure mounts and the killer strikes again, Mackenzie finds herself as a lone voice in a sea of experienced agents, and she soon realizes she is in way over heard. Her entire future with the FBI is in jeopardy. As tough and determined as Mackenzie is, as brilliant as she is in hunting down killers, this new case proves an impossible riddle, something just beyond her reach. She may not even have time to crack it as her own life falls apart around her. A dark psychological thriller with heart-pounding suspense, BEFORE HE SEES is book #2 in a riveting new series-with a beloved new character-that will leave you turning pages late into the night. Book #3 in the Mackenzie White Mystery series will be available soon.

This is about a snoopy young reporter who gets more than she bargained for when she is caught trying to expose a criminal organization. Artistic talent: fiftyshadesofgag Thanks for a wonderful piece of art.

The Saturday market in Mellow Reach smells like warm bread and fresh basil-the kind of place where neighbors argue about tomato prices and mean nothing by it. Sticky cobblestones. Chipped enamel mugs. Nothing much goes wrong here. Then Thomas Reed's display collapses, and suddenly everyone's an expert. Most people saw the argument. Most people made up their minds before the pole stopped swinging. Officer Harper poked at the wreckage, called it an accident, and snapped his notebook shut. Done. Margaret Ellison wasn't there. Didn't matter. Thirty years as Mellow Reach's librarian teaches you things-how to go unnoticed while noticing everything. The angle of a fallen pole. A timeline with a loose thread nobody pulled. The particular way someone's hands flutter when they're hiding something embarrassing rather than something dangerous. She knows the difference. Always has. She knows Thomas, too. Helped him find his footing here fifteen years ago, back when this town was still deciding whether to let him in. Watched him build something worth keeping. So when the whispers calcify into verdicts-when old friendships crack along old fault lines and the harvest festival her late husband spent a decade building is suddenly up for debate-her stomach drops like a stone in cold water. Staying out of it is a choice. She's made enough of those. Semi-Retired. Not blind. Not yet done. This is an early draft shared for feedback. I'd love to know: - Would you continue reading? - Does it feel cozy? - Where did your interest drop?

Excerpts from the Velvet Paw of Asquith novels, the infamous international jet-setting adventures of Oscar Teabag-Dooven, involving greed, espionage and the odd foray into professional cheese-shaping. Consider a world inhabited with only cats and dogs: a society recognizable as our own, but with its eccentricities being the norm, rather than the exception. A world where the charm of Kenneth Grahame's Wind In the Willows meets the exotic world of Ian Fleming's Bond. A world where fluffy just got dangerous. These are the Velvet Paw of Asquith Novels, also known as the Dooven Books: welcome to the genre of New Fable. The books follow Oscar Teabag-Dooven, a secret agent who believes he's more poet than spy. He finds training brash and clinical, with far too much shouting and not enough singing. But triumphing over villains and thwarting their garish plans isn't easy when unable to do much more than rhyme one lot of words with another. Nevertheless, he succeeds with the help of the characters he meets and a courage that arises when he believes it cannot.

Curiosity kills the cat. Obsessive curiosity kills the owner.

When the naked, battered body of an unidentified teenager is found dumped in an alleyway, post-mortem finds evidence of a harrowing series of events. Another teenage death with the same MO pushes DI Hannah Robbins and her team in the Nottingham City division Major Crimes Unit, to their limits, and across county borders. In a race against the clock, they attempt to unpick a thick web of lies and deceit to uncover the truth behind the deaths. But it doesn't stop there. When catching a killer isn't enough, just how far are the team willing to push themselves to save the next girl? The full novel is available on Amazon, Kobo, Nook and Google Play. Chapters will be added to Wattpad weekly.

"I lived in a peculiar town with peculiar people who told peculiar stories, but maybe they aren't stories and it takes a peculiar person to see peculiar things." the story of a skeptical girl, A broken Pastor, a tortured Angel, and a boy with fantasies in his head. Follow the first mystery of this peculiar town, read through the eyes of a skeptic or the eyes of a peculiar resident.