Murder mystery
6 stories
Employee of the Year by DmitriRagano
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Temo McCarthy works in the call center for Passion Financial. He spends his days "dialing deadbeats", convincing broke, desperate customers to pay their overdue credit card bills. Every year, Passion's CEO gives $100,000 to the top earner in the call center. Temo sees the award as a chance to give his new family the life he never had growing up in a broken home. When his main rival is gunned down in the company parking lot, Temo realizes he must find the killer in order to prove his own innocence. - Wattpad Top 10 Ranking in the Mystery/Thriller category. "Dmitri Ragano is a creative, unconventional author who knows how to tell a story that other people aren't telling. He takes the hooks of the mystery/thriller genre and fills it in with ambitious themes and compelling original characters. Prepare to be intrigued and entertained!" -- Seth Harwood, Best-selling Amazon Mystery Author.
The Dream Stalker by Alycat1901
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Life seems pretty grim for Aaron Cooke. Being forced to move to the small town of Edman, Montana in the wake of his parents untimely deaths, he starts having very bizarre dreams that warn him of a mysterious presence terrorizing local teenagers while they dream. Aaron at first waves off the dream as a result of having too much stress in his life. Things soon take turn for the terrifying when the warning in his dreams prove to be frighteningly true. As his fellow schoolmates begin to suffer from a mysterious illness that pulls them into death, Aaron must work together with newfound allies to control his abilities and master the worlds of dreams to stop a mysterious yet ruthless killer from taking any more victims. Cover by @guyswithguitars
The Detective's Damsel by kmorgannn18
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Corinna Báthory, 16th-century nobility, is kidnapped and thrown into a male detective academy in present-day Florida. But they grabbed the wrong girl. Season 1 of Agents of Time ***** It's 1585, and things could not possibly be going any slower for Corinna Báthory. Overwhelmed with expectations as Hungarian nobility and the trials and tribulations of becoming a female playwright in a field dominated by men, Corinna would do anything for a change of pace. Of course, there's nothing better to speed up the narrative than being kidnapped...and being accused of being a serial killer. ***** [[ THE WATTY'S 2021 SHORTLIST ]]
A Brilliant Plan by alexames
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Just a regular job.... Get in, crack the safe, fetch the diamonds. That's what hobby cat burglar and acclaimed jewelry maker Calendar Moonstone has aimed for. Instead she finds a dead body, meets a handsome Detective, has a nosey insurance investigator on her tracks and manages a complicated boyfriend situation. And must solve a century old jewelry mystery!
Joker in the Pack (Romantic Suspense, Completed, Watty Winner) by EliseNoble
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WATTY WINNER! Life has dealt city girl Olivia Porter a series of bad hands, but just as she's about to fold, fate intervenes and leaves her with a full house. Out of other options, she takes a gamble and moves to the countryside, hoping Lady Luck will follow along. Olivia's decision to embrace the single life is soon challenged by the arrival of local ace, Tate, and wild card, Warren, but little villages can hide big secrets and somebody thinks Olivia is holding the key to theirs. As her opponent ups his game, Olivia gets one last roll of the dice with the arrival of a leather-clad stranger. Will she hit the jackpot or go bust? Joker in the Pack is a standalone romantic suspense novel from the Blackwood UK series - no cliffhanger! FEATURED by Wattpad. Highest ranking: Mystery/Thriller #2
Brooklin High Murders by Duck_OnQuack
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The Summer Dance has come to Brooklin High! But, as the night progresses, bodies of murdered students are found. Two hopeful detectives, Sarah and Kim, set their minds to solve the case, but can they solve it before it's too late?