Investigations Stories

In a city gripped by fear, two hunters step out of the shadows.... The game begins.. but the truth is darker than anyone imagines...⏳

wild card noun a playing card that can have any value, suit, color, or other property in a game. a person or thing whose influence is unpredictable or whose qualities are uncertain. Steven I'm the best student. Top of my class in everything. It's summer before senior year, but the valedictorian title is mine. I need it. I crave it. I don't have time to play detective with Jeremiah or to worry about the fact his sister is losing her shit and no one else seems to notice. But I agree to help him. And Cassadra distracts me so much I accidentally make my least favorite Cousins resident think she's my girlfriend. He doesn't believe it, of course, so I have to plead my case with her. No one knows what she's been up to lately, must be trouble, when it comes to her it always is. But this is my only chance not to make a fool of myself. We'll just fake date for a few weeks. What could go wrong? Cassandra It's sad how little it took. One minute, I was a reckless teenager drinking tequila with my best friend. All I had to worry about was my parents potential divorce, my older brother having a meltdown and having fun because it was summer. No biggie. And now everything is ruined. I'm ruined. Steven is not high on the list of people I'd go for help, but he'll have to do. It's a good way to keep a close eye on the little investigation he's running with Jere, to make sure he doesn't find out my involvement. I just hope Steven doesn't reveal our ruse if he finds out, he's already paying too much attention to me. Because that's all this is. A lie. A means to an end. I don't love him, I barely like him, I need to keep that in mind. It'll be fine. Just a few weeks. What could go wrong? Tropes / Trigger Warnings Fake dating Best friend's sister Murder mystery Good boy x troublemaker girl Severe mommy issues Eating disorder PTSD (nightmares, jumpiness, anxiety attacks) Racism SA (in the past, just mentioned) Murder Body discovery

𝑰 𝒕𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆, 𝒊𝒕 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕. ⋆ ── ⋆ ── ⋆ He looked at her, drained and desperate, his voice a quiet plea. "Just tell me now... what is all this?" For a moment, she stayed still, like silence was her last shield. Then she exhaled, broken and tired. "I tried to hide it," she said softly, "but you wouldn't let me." ⋆ ── ⋆ ── ⋆ Truths are louder than secrets, merciless, burning, and impossible to ignore. Kairav Goenka was on a quest for the truth that was far too dangerous for him. All of this was because of the girl he had fallen for. The questions she buried in silence continued to haunt him. She had tried to protect him, battling against silence, distance, and every ounce of strength she had left. Yet, she couldn't prevent him from stepping into her world, a world she had spent years trying to escape. Now the truth was waiting, and the real question was what would remain once it surfaced? Because some love stories don't unfold. They circle back and begin again. ***** This is NOT a standalone book.

Boston Massachusetts, 1964 Children are vanishing from playgrounds, sidewalks, and schoolyards without a trace, but the only thing left behind is an origami figure, the killer's signature Without any DNA testing, computerized records, and modern criminal profiling detectives must track evidence by hand, interview witnesses face-to-face, and bring the clues together to fit the bigger picture. The one who survived the Boston Massacre was none other than 6 year old Anna Willits. She got all up and personal with the most feared man in Massachusetts on one typical afternoon. It should have been unspoken of to escape his grasp. Somehow Anna was the only one who lived. Years later, she tells of his terrorizing killer of Boston, truth seeking witnesses, and to investigate this monster who's life was shaped by an overbearing mother who manipulated and became obsessed with him to lead him to this life of darkness. Some tales end with a victim. This one starts with the survivor.

What do you fear most? When members of a phobia therapy group begin dying in ways that mirror their greatest fears, Detective Jake Hawksworth faces his most complex, and terrifying, case. The investigation leads to the remote and mysterious Fear Institute, where everyone is a suspect. As Jake, his partner, and an alluring criminal profiler with secrets of her own delve deeper into catching The Fearmonger, the body count rises. The twisted killer's sinister calling card: a cryptic symbol related to the haunting works of H.P. Lovecraft. Could the clues to solving the case be hidden among the pages of the enigmatic writer's unsettling works? As Jake closes in on the killer, deep-seated fears from a long-buried childhood trauma begin to surface, blurring the lines between reality and madness. To stop this monster, he must confront the darkness that's been awakened in the shadowy corridors of his mind or fall further into the abyss.

Three girls. Three secrets. One dead boy. Marilyn only needed a place to hide the things she couldn't take home. Jenna already had the solution: Locker No. 36. Hidden inside an old luxury hotel, the locker stored more than shopping bags and stolen snacks. It stored secrets. Then a boy is found murdered near the hotel. Now the police are asking questions. Questions Lena refuses to answer. Questions Jenna already seems prepared for. Questions Marilyn was never supposed to be involved in. Because someone is lying. And some lockers were never meant to be opened again.

"I knew I wasn't living in the greatest of truths, but I never thought I'd been drowning in lies since she appeared..." ____________________________________ Living inside Corporal Levi's head isn't always a walk in the park-especially when he's hiding so many secrets. What is the girl with the daisy collar hiding that makes her refuse Levi's help ? What past are they both concealing ? What double game is she playing? Who were they before, and what will they become now, after four years apart ? ____________________________________ A product, a shot, a cry of pain... An unknown father, a dead mother, abandonment by a man, friends and a squad devoured by Titans-and through it all, her, still lurking in the shadows... Her with her blue eyes, her black hair, her daisy collar... Words, actions, and fleeting regrets... A bloody past, a present sealed with a signature-and maybe a future ? At stake : freedom. Who is she? Will her blue eyes survive this ever-growing list of the dead ? Happy reading.

Six players. One isolated castle. One prize worth everything. What begins as a prestigious competition soon turns into something far more dangerous when secrets start unraveling, alliances break, and betrayal hides behind every smile. As the game grows darker, the players realize one terrifying truth: they were never invited there to win. In a place where everyone is hiding something, survival is no longer a choice.

Evil isn't always learned...sometimes it's IN OUR BLOOD. Nearly thirty years ago, Detective Jake Hawksworth and best-selling author Drew McCauley were brought together by a horrific crime. Jake, still reeling from the unsolved hit-and-run death of his wife, and Drew will be reunited once again when a crime from Drew's novel-in-the-making becomes a devastating reality. Is the kidnapping of Drew's son somehow linked to the murder Jake is investigating? Was Jake's wife's death really an accident? And could the person who has haunted both men for decades be responsible for these seemingly unrelated events? As Jake races to protect Drew's family, they find themselves on a collision course with fate - derailed by a series of breakneck twists and turns that culminate at an isolated, snow-ravaged house. It is here that long-buried secrets are unearthed and Jake realizes, to his horror, that his hunches are not always right. That the keys to solving his wife's death and a heinous, decades-old crime have been under his nose all along.

The story revolves around the middle class household of Argho and Anisha where, after a completely normal weekend family breakfast, Amir arrives at their doorstep with some terrifying news, bringing down a dark cloud of terror and anxiety above the couple's heads, that might indicate a grave danger ahead of them. Curious, their kids press upon them to let them know what the matter actually is, for which Argho hesitated and was quite reluctant about, but after constant requests from the kids and Amir's advice, he finally let go of what the news is about. However he must make them aware of the incidents first, that resulted in that 'event'.

The emperor of the Arayanna empire had not any heir or heiress as he never married or even had a fling with anyone.The dwellers of the empire didn't bat an eye either. But the courtiers did. Everyone had on their mind that the emperor is to adopt the heir anytime soon. It was wednesday,again, the day of the royal court. The commander in chief and the viceroy have to go through this every week. It has merely been a month since they have become a part of the royal court, yet every muscle of their body is used to it. And they are pretty fine with this. Contradicting, the lead royal dancer of the court has been there since half a decade and the emperor is quite fond of her. But he is about to get fonder of a new-comer. Mighty is it possible to get roses without thorns. They have to get pricked by the thorns only then will they get their roses.

May, 2023 In 2023, scientists around the world gathered to study a strange virus discovered in African wildlife. It was unlike anything seen before - it dulled every sense except hunger, leaving its hosts in a constant state of exhaustion and aggression, resembling rabies but far more unpredictable. Within months, a vaccine was developed using powerful cell-boosting compounds designed to eliminate the virus and push the immune system beyond its limits. The first test was conducted on a rat. It was the last test they ever ran. Instead of healing the infected cells, the vaccine accelerated the virus at an alarming rate - within minutes the animal lost all control, driven by insatiable hunger and complete loss of reason. The virus had reached the brain. The project was immediately shut down, the specimen sealed in a sub-zero containment unit, and the truth buried deep within classified files. October, 2028 Five years passed. The laboratory sat abandoned and forgotten - until an earthquake cracked its walls open. Parasites and microorganisms escaped the containment unit, carrying the virus silently into the outside world. No alarms. No warnings. No time to prepare.

Four boys living a carefree life suddenly come across a creepy mysterious man who awakens their curiosity. What begins as a small investigation soon turns into a dangerous adventure that slowly consumes their lives. As they dive deeper into the strange situation, they become obsessed with uncovering the truth, only to realize they are trapped in something far bigger than they ever imagined. With mysteries growing darker and escape becoming impossible, the boys are forced into a journey filled with fear, secrets, and sacrifice. In the end, whether they want it or not, they are the only ones capable of solving the terrifying problem before everything falls apart.

Fourteen students arrive at an elite overnight competition expecting a chance to prove themselves. By morning, everything has changed. After a heated argument with a fellow contestant, Arin goes looking for her and finds himself at the center of a mystery that should not exist. Near the scene stands an old man-silent, motionless, watching. No one seems to know who he is. No one seems to remember seeing him. As more secrets surface, Arin begins to uncover hidden truths buried within the institute's walls. The deeper he investigates, the more he realizes that some mysteries are older than the competition itself. And the man at the end of the hall may know everything. A psychological mystery thriller filled with secrets, suspense, and twists.

In the storm-covered Tenryu Isles, a string of impossible murders has thrown the entire nation into fear. No witnesses. No evidence. No mistakes. The public calls the killer a ghost. Shin Satsuki, the youngest investigator of the Celestrial Magistrate Bureau, calls it a challenge. Brilliant, annoyingly perceptive, and far too amused by dangerous people, Shin becomes obsessed with finding the criminal responsible behind the recent shrine massacre. Unfortunately for him- the person he's searching for is already sitting beside him. Yami never intended to draw attention to herself. But when a late-night conversation with an irritatingly charming detective turns into a psychological game of cat and mouse, the line between hunter and prey slowly begins to blur. After all... some monsters smile too naturally to be feared.

People imagine justice as a destination. A courtroom. A verdict. A pair of handcuffs closing around the correct wrists. Something final. Something clean. They imagine it arrives because systems function. Because institutions remember. Because someone important eventually notices. But cities are not built from justice. They are built from delay. Forms waiting beneath other forms. Complaints waiting beneath other complaints. Names stacked inside databases until urgency becomes paperwork and paperwork becomes silence. Most suffering does not disappear. It waits. It waits inside hospitals. Inside police reports. Inside housing requests. Inside unanswered calls and postponed decisions and investigations marked pending until the people who needed them most become statistics someone else is paid to interpret. Los Angeles contained millions of people. And like every city, it survived by pretending delay was not a form of violence. Until someone disagreed. Until someone began treating every unanswered report as an unpaid debt. Until someone looked at seven sins and saw something far more dangerous than morality. Not evil. Responsibility. This is the story of what happened after justice stopped waiting for permission.

𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐞: 𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬, 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝐖𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐝𝐞 The hallway was never meant to be opened. No one talks about what happened there. No one dares to go near it. But when Y/N starts noticing something... wrong, curiosity turns into something much darker. Because some doors don't just hide secrets. They hide something that's still there. Will Taehyung, Y/N and Jungkook be able to find out the exact truth about the abandoned hallway in the school? --- • Foul Language Started: 20 March, 2026

Lucien Vale only comes out at night, avoids garlic like it's poison, drinks suspicious red liquids, and somehow always manages to appear out of nowhere. Coincidence? Eli Mercer doesn't think so. Armed with horror novels, zero detective skills and an unhealthy amount of confidence, Eli is determined to prove that his neighbour is a vampire. Unfortunately, the truth might be a lot more complicated.

A sunshine detective. A grumpy detective. One serial killer. Countless mysteries. And a romance neither of them saw coming.

An OCD teenager, Evangeline Ward , moves to her sisters school and falls down the trap of an old closed case with her friend.