Detective Stories

ORGINALLY A 'PAID' STORY. NOW PUBLISHED ON AMAZON/KU *** 4 CHAPTER SAMPLE HERE *** When the biker gang calls in a Jake Bryant's debt, he has no choice but to hunt down an old friend by any means necessary and retrieve their stolen drugs, even if it cost him the woman he loves. ***** Time has run out for Jake Bryant. The Devil's Hand motorcycle gang has cashed in the debt he owes them. Jake must hunt down his old friend, Rick, to retrieve the million dollars worth of heroin he stole from the gang. Soon, Jake finds himself double-crossing both Rick and the Devil's Hand, but his true loyalties will be tested when his girlfriend becomes a bargaining chip. After failing the other women in his life, will Jake finally be able to save someone he loves? [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]

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]]

ORGINALLY A 'PAID' STORY. NOW PUBLISHED ON AMAZON/KU *** 4 CHAPTER SAMPLE HERE *** When Jake Bryant's daughter is kidnapped for ransom, he's forced to gamble with her life in order to discover which of his enemies has taken her hostage and to what end. ***** Jake Bryant's daughter, Sam, is in trouble. Her all-star quarterback boyfriend gave her pills to help her study for a test, but the pair are caught on school grounds with the unprescribed drugs. Since Sam's grandfather is a district court judge, she gets off with a slap on the wrist. Austin isn't as lucky. But with Austin's precious future at stake, his brother attempts a Hail-Mary pass by kidnapping Sam for his release. Can Jake rescue her before time runs out, or will they both pay for her mistake with their lives? [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]

ORGINALLY A 'PAID' STORY. NOW PUBLISHED ON AMAZON/KU *** 4 CHAPTER SAMPLE HERE *** After a great loss, Jake Bryant finds himself in Las Vegas. To fill the void in his heart, he searches for a woman's missing daughter and finds more than he bargained for. ***** Two years after his daughter was kidnapped, Jake Bryant meets a woman in desperate need of help. Seeing the opportunity to redeem himself, Jake probes Las Vegas's seemly underbelly to find the pimp responsible for abducting her daughter. But navigating Sin City's sex trade business proves tougher than Jake thought, and he finds himself digging his own grave at gunpoint. Can Jake find a way to escape? Or will his mistakes lead to more death? [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]

ORGINALLY A 'PAID' STORY. NOW PUBLISHED ON AMAZON/KU *** 4 CHAPTER SAMPLE HERE *** Jake Bryant must stop the criminal mastermind who orchestrated the murder of his best friend from killing his new family. ***** More dark secrets from Jake Bryant's past come to light. Dolan, the criminal mastermind who ordered the hit on Jake's best friend, Tom, is searching for evidence Tom collected against him for another murder - evidence Tom hid with his widow before his death. Desperate to bring Dolan to justice, Jake finds himself in a race against time to save the lives of those he loves. But with allies double-crossing him left and right, Jake must discover who he can trust before Tom's family is destroyed along with the evidence. Can Jake win the race or will he die just like his friend? [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]

After Denton foils a terrorist attack at an Intergalactic sporting event, he finds himself racing to save his homeworld from a plot of betrayal and revenge. ***** When Denton Staxx, a special agent with the Orbital Security Services, discovers the Intergalactic Olympic Games have been targeted by a terrorist attack, he rushes to Earth to try and stop the event before it's too late. But what he discovers on earth is far worse than he imagined, and Denton is quickly pulled into a galaxy-wide conspiracy that takes him from one solar system to another in the search for a mastermind that will stop at nothing to get his revenge on the richest man in the universe -- regardless of the innocent people who die along the way. [[Wattys' Shortlisted]] [[1st place, Month Elimination Awards, Sci-Fi Category]] [[Best Plot Development, Iced Tea Summer Bash Awards]] [[Best Adventure Scifi Story, The Ooorah's SciFi Awards]] [[1st place, Rebel Awards, Sci-fi Category]] [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

(Y/n) was supposed to die from illness. At least that is what Lucius, her boyfriend, told her when she woke up with no memories of who she was. He didn't tell her how she survived or how she found herself back home when she should have been at the hospital. He didn't say much, really. Just that he loved her and was glad she was alive. And when she woke up, there wasn't much (Y/n) knew about herself or her past. But one thing she was certain about was that some things in Lucius's explanations didn't add up. Javon is a new police detective hired to work on the disappearance of Margareth White, a young nurse who seemingly vanished into thin air without explanation. What originally looked like a pretty basic case suddenly turns several shades darker when Javon finds himself entangled with Lucius Bright, a scientist who just lost his girlfriend. WARNING: this story will contain mentions of violence, profanities, sexual themes and displays of toxic relationship. If you're not comfortable with these please proceed with caution

Hunter, a street kid turned FBI agent, is ordered to befriend Calvin Black. But as they grow closer, she realizes Calvin cares more about her than the FBI. Hunter Ashley was taken off the streets as a teen and brought into a highly secret FBI program that's turned her into a full-fledged agent. She is assigned, alongside the brooding agent Micah, to befriend Calvin Black, the son of the notorious Christopher Black. Hunter does her best to hide her survival training inside a typical high school, only she's developing feelings for Calvin, and it looks like Micah is starting to crush on her. In a world where a single mistake can prove fatal, Hunter has to figure out who she can trust, or she'll end up back on the streets. [[word count: 60,000-70,000 words]]

Shinobu aspira a ser una criminologa, sirviendo a Sanemi el jefe del departamento de investigación, todo parece ir como siempre, hasta que empiezan a desaparecer las mujeres de varios distritos de japón. -Tu nuevo compañero está afuera. La mujer de cabellos azabache y purpura miró por la ventana. -Debe ser una broma... ❜ ⌗ . . . . . . . . . ⌗ ❜ Una historia Doushino Advertencia: R-18 / Posibles escenas Gore / YAOI / Douma x Shinobu / AU Neutral/ Kanae x Sanemi

Ever think you'd be on the run with a famous journalist and a retired sea captain? Well, you are now! After being captured from your home and dragged to Brussels, Belgium, you are soon rescued by the famous Tintin and the criminals are put back behind bars. However, the reason behind the kidnapping is still a mystery, so Tintin, Snowy, and Captain Haddock make it their mission to help you discover the truth, unaware a new enemy would arise, seeking restoration of his title and becoming a more significant threat to you and Europe than you would realize! Will you survive the risky road ahead and become an adventurer, too? Or is this sudden turn of events too dangerous to overcome? • • • Disclaimer: I don't own any of the pictures, characters, places, etc., that were in the movie, 'The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of The Unicorn,' or the comics, tv shows, games, or anything owned by Hergé or Spielberg at all! I only own the plot, drawings, characters, places, etc., that I made up unless it does contain characters of these universes, etc.

Jeongyeon is a police detective haunted by the death of her partner. When you, a rookie officer, become her new partner, she keeps you at arm's length. But as you unravel a dangerous case together, her unresolved grief collides with her growing feelings for you. Just when she starts to open her heart, tragedy threatens to repeat itself.

The definitive Canon-Compliant Charlie POV Midday Clouds sees Twilight's true hero, Forks Chief of Police Charlie Swan, grapple with newfound fatherhood, an alarming homicide rate, the haunting memories of his lost love, and that damn Cullen boy, Edwin -- all while staying true to the source material, a la Midnight Sun. "Wait, what? Why would anyone do this?" - a reader. "No, I obviously can't publish this." - a highly-regarded publishing company. "Can we sue?" - Stephanie Meyers, probably. New chapters every Friday at noon!

In a town where dark secrets hide beneath the snow, Detective Suárez must solve the brutal murder of a young woman while battling his own demons and a dangerous cult. "This is the English version of the original story"

The recipes from the goody shops have been stolen by the Goody Bandit, and many sinners and hellborn alike are out of business. While the police are chasing the criminal, there is a mess at Granny Rosie's house involving Little Red Vaggie Hood, The gambling Cat, The Snake Inventor and Granny Roise, disturbing the peace in the Pentagram forest. They are all arrested by the impatient Chief Adam. As the police interview the suspects, each character tells their version of the events, slowly revealing the mystery of the "Goody Bandit."

Winterhollow should have celebrated Christmas- instead, fear moved in. A masked man walks through the town like a shadow with a heartbeat. Murders no one can explain. Bodies arranged in ways no one understands. And no one knows what he wants... or who he is hunting. Until his eyes meet hers. Elin-soft, warm, untouched by the darkness swallowing Winterhollow. But why does he stop when he sees her? Why does he return that night... to the mansion? Why does every scream fall silent except hers? And why-when she begs-does his blade finally hesitate? What does he see in her? A witness? A weakness? A future obsession? Or the one thing he was never meant to touch? Winterhollow is bleeding. A killer is choosing. And the question is no longer who he will kill next- but why he didn't kill her. Two lives. One shadow. A desire born from darkness. And a town that will bleed before the truth comes out. Welcome to Winterhollow. Where Christmas died...and something else was born.

Plot: At Grand Island, Nebraska, an event down at St. Insidioso Spy Academy (in public identity) (to keep it hidden), it is known as the Nebraska Academy of the Skilled) as the event called The Slaughter Games is going on as different characters have got kidnapped as they got trapped down in the academy. As it happens, they don't remember how they got here once they first entered here. The hosts of the Slaughter Games are none other than Neil Murdock and Rodrick Jones along with Nyro, but what they didn't know was that Kanata the Wolf is the one making the games happen behind the scenes. As it happens, it is now up to the heroes to plan to team up with one another and to go take him down while avoiding themselves to make sure they don't get killed or be hurt badly. But however, Neil and Rodrick have plans to make sure to prepare to make every single hero betray everyone in order for one of them to survive. (Co-written by: Clutz, Jazomg88, Mafuyu Clockworker, Everlee, SallytheGabbyDollhousefan45, Dashie and Davis).

--- When Eleanor Hawthorne returns from Paris, she expects frosty dinners, tense family silences, and perhaps the occasional passive-aggressive comment from her eldest brother. What she doesn't expect is for their powerful and enigmatic father to vanish without a trace. While her brother insists on doing things "properly"-meaning slowly, ineffectively, and with all the imagination of a brick-Eleanor takes matters into her own hands. Unfortunately, she's not alone. Sherlock Holmes, called in behind her back, arrives with his insufferable charm, unbearable deductions, and a maddening habit of always being *just* a step ahead. Thrown together in a reluctant alliance, Eleanor and Holmes clash through drawing rooms, solicitor offices, and the grimiest corners of London society in search of answers. Their only clues? A missing man, a name no one wants to speak, and a trail of secrets that everyone seems desperate to keep buried. This is personal. And Eleanor Hawthorne is not the type to sit quietly and sew while men make all the decisions. ---

After Tomura Shigaraki of the Paranormal Liberation Front wakes up from his enhancement, he fights the heroes, leveling the Jaku General Hospital and much of the surrounding city in the process. Following that, he pulls off a prison break of the most secure prison in all of Japan, releasing the country's most dangerous and powerful villains. Among the jailbreakers is an infamous black-and-white villain. Free once more, Puppet Master navigates a newly chaotic world. She reconciles with allies, and tracks down former enemies. What happens when she hunts down the erasure hero? And what happens when she disagrees with the all-powerful Demon Lord himself? Read to find out. ••• This is the sequel to the book Strings. I highly recommend reading through that story (preferably the rewritten version) first. I do not own My Hero Academia ❕Story contains spoilers for beyond season 7 of the anime❕ [Story contains strong language, violent themes, graphic imagery, death, and drug use (in one chapter)] Any wording that could be interpreted as "suggestive" is not written with that intent, so please do not twist my writing in that way. I am not sexualizing the characters. Current Word Count: 37,656

"Not every haunting comes from the dead." Hill Crest was supposed to be safe - a quiet town where nothing ever really happens. But when bodies start turning up, fear spreads faster than the truth, and Detective Duce James finds himself chasing a killer who leaves no trace except silence. Dr. Evelyn Moraine spends her days saving lives and her nights trapped in the chaos of her own mind. She doesn't remember the screams, the blood, or the missing hours - but every sunrise brings another body and another question she can't answer. As a reporter digs deeper and the town begins to unravel, one truth becomes impossible to ignore: the haunting in Hill Crest isn't supernatural at all. It's human, it's fragile, and it's wearing a doctor's face.

In the medieval city of Eldoria, an impossible murder shakes the foundations of the kingdom. What seems like an ordinary crime is just the first piece of a puzzle that spans the past, present, and future. Amid cobblestone streets and ancient towers, forgotten secrets begin to resurface, and a mysterious figure appears and disappears in the shadows, manipulating the threads of fate with cryptic riddles and unpredictable moves. Every decision made can alter history and unleash chaos that no one could contain. While time itself seems to play its own game, Eldoria becomes a board game of intrigue, murder, and enigmas that defy reason, where every clue could be the key to saving... or dooming the city.