Cindy Powell uses detective work that she learned from her father as a young girl in her job as a real estate mogul Benson Easton's assistant. Benson needs to know every detail about an associate before doing business with them. It's Cindy who digs up that information. When she has a complex case, she requests help from her police detective boyfriend, Sam. While investigating several new possible clients for Easton Real Estate, she receives threatening messages. Someone has something to hide, and they'll do anything to keep their secrets buried. Cindy becomes targeted the deeper she delves into their life. *** I wake up disorientated, with my head pounding. I touch the sensitive spot on my temple. My hands are extended and handcuffed to a water pipe. I take a moment to glance around the room that is now my prison. Slowly, everything comes back to me. How will Sam find me now? I gasp when I hear the door above me squeak open. I close my eyes while I listen to the heavy footsteps descending the stairs. "Please hurry, Sam," I whisper to myself in despair.

[Completed] A U.S. expatriate is cast into a rainy, foggy corner of Europe. He went there on the pretense to work on his research, but he actually wanted to put as many miles as possible between himself and his ex. The university he works for has found an apartment for him. It's in a house inhabited by a set of strange characters. The mess begins with a broken egg. And it continues with his neighbor being murdered. A story somewhere between general fiction, mystery, gossip, romance, and humor. Book of the Month (June 2017) over at Wattpad's official @AdultFiction profile. First place in Mystery/Thrillers and second overall in the Iron Lace awards over at @ElisabethTepes profile. First place in Mystery/Thrillers in the Blank Sheets Contest over at @Blank_Sheets . First place under Mystery in the New Beginnings Writer Awards 2019 (Tagged as #adultfiction not for mature content--there's no real mature stuff here--but for sporting some characters that are thirty and older)

WATTYS 2021 SHORT LIST**HEART AWARDS FOURTH PLACE. FORMER #1 PROCEDURAL. Detective John Robin discovers the murdered body of the hotshot homicide chief who recruited him to the city's "A Squad", rabbi'd him up to detective, and taught him so much. Distraught, John catches the case...for about two minutes. In the blink of an eye, a more senior detective is assigned instead. How can John get reassigned to the case? How can he solve the murder of his boss and friend? What's happened to his flaky girlfriend, Lizzie, a fallen New York model, and his squad partner Mike, who's having a mental breakdown? How can those clues help him solve the crime? When John himself is attacked, the stakes climb.

There is a serial killer on the loose in London, one with the intention to make their own justice by purging the city. Did Elizabeth Blythe and Asterin Black need more work on their plate? No. Did they take the case? Yes. Why? Because it's their damn job. Running around to solve the gory murders is not an easy task. Especially with a messy lovesick intel, an irritating yet charming rival and a surprisingly sympathetic hobo thief. But with the help of coffee and stubbornness, the detectives will do their very best to get the job done. Trigger warning: mentions of drugs, theft, murder

When men vanish around the city, a young, paraplegic detective takes it upon herself to uncover the truth and soon realizes the culprit might be a lot closer to home than she imagined. **** Barbara Gordon thought her career as a promising young detective ended after she was left crippled in a tragic accident. But when men start disappearing around the city, Barbara is given one more opportunity to fulfill her dream. Convinced her dad's new fiancee is not who she seems, Barbara begins her own investigation and discovers she might be responsible for the recent string of disappearances. But a darker truth lies just below the surface. If this once would-be detective wants to solve the case, then she must accept the help of some even more mysterious--and possibly dangerous--allies. [Wattpad Editors' Picks AUGUST 2021] [Wattys 2021 and 2022 Shortlist] (Cover by @lantea-)

| shortlisted for the wattpad india awards. eleven times ambassador featured | Five teens. One medieval manor. And, of course, a dead girl. Figuring out how you're collectively guilty of murder isn't the ideal way to catch up, but it's exactly what Diego, Alison, Hunter, Matt, and Emilie have got to do if they want to make it out alive. Because their mysterious host has a promise - if they don't, they die. mature content includes mentions of drug use, violence (not gore), bullying, trauma, ptsd, mentions of sexual abuse. recommended for ya audiences. *** One Of Us Is Lying meets And Then There Were None in this coming-of-age YA whodunit, complete with secrets, lies, and sweet revenge. *** Cover by @AlexVonnG *** Hot List Rankings : #2 in #mysterythriller #4 in #murdermystery #27 in #ya ***

[Featured on @Mystery's Bright Young Minds Reading List] [Bootcamp Mentorship Winner '22] This Valentine's Day, Cupid gets a little deadly. *** When Haven's vengeful ex-best friend ends up dead at a Valentine's Day party, things take a twisted turn. From the infamous gossip blogger to her so-called sweetheart boyfriend, everyone in Haven's life is now a suspect. An anonymous person under the alias Killer Cupid leaves behind a guide to murder, and it's only a matter of time until someone is next. When charming troublemaker Griffin offers to help her, Haven must deny the sparks between them to save her current relationship and focus on the case. As little white lies and motives unravel, Haven realizes one thing: Everyone has a secret... but how far would someone go to keep theirs?

[SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATTPAD INDIA AWARDS 2021!] [FEATURED ON YA, TEENFICTION, AND YA MYSTERY!] ❝These aren't suicides, but cold-blooded murders cleverly disguised as suicides.❞ +++ Blackwood was always known for its extremely low crime rates, where the only complaints police get are regarding lost cats and petty fights. But as people start disappearing like clockwork, the citizens of Blackwood find themselves in the midst of chaos. With children getting kidnapped, the suicide rates hitting their peak, and nothing being said by the media concerning these matters, the small population of Blackwood find themselves even more scared. Will and Shay are trying to get away from their dark past, reconstructing their lives. But both of them notice a pattern in all the mystifying occurrences. Will, Shay, and their best friends are convinced that the suicides are planned murders. They are determined to reveal the truth and set out to investigate these deaths with the help of their best friends. What is really happening beneath the Blackwood sky?

✨A WATTYS 2022 PARANORMAL & "BEST CHARACTERS" WINNER✨ A college basketball star risks everything to prove his innocence with a girl who can communicate with ghosts. *** Ace Jones isn't certain about a lot of things in life, but basketball has always come easy. This is until he finds himself as the prime suspect of a murder he knows he didn't commit. Lucky for him, Devyn Brooks knows he didn't commit it either. But not because she witnessed it--she simply sees the victim as plain as day and even endures her incessant talking. Though Devyn usually does everything in her power to hide her supernatural ability, she'll have to start embracing it in order to save Ace from a common fate. And Ace will discover a deeper part of his identity that challenges his notions of the world. Will they be able to solve a case that America is so eager to pin on another Black man? ✨| FEATURED ON WATTPAD READING LISTS | ✨ 💕 Wattpad Editor's Choice Dec. 2022 💕 @StoriesUndiscovered, Thrills N Spills 2022 @SpeculativeFiction, The Crypt 2022 ⛈ A Stormy Nights Challenge Participant 2022 ⛈