Mysteries Stories

Ava's first day of work at Celebrity Cupcakes and Coffee goes horribly awry when television star Penelope Rose drops dead after eating the first cupcake. Horrified that she might be at the top of the list of suspects, Ava and her totally hot co-worker Easton set out to investigate what happened. Will they be able to solve the mystery or will Ava's first day of work be her last? Celebrity Cupcakes Cozy Mysteries: #1 - Killer Cupcakes #2 - Murderous Muffins #3 - Death by Chocolate

While investigating the chilling deaths of three teenage girls in the remote town of Briarwood, Detective Evan O'Riley is drawn into the unsolved mysteries of a notorious 1960s serial killer. Three sixteen-year-old girls have plunged from the roof of their school. The question lingers: did they jump, or were they pushed? Tasked with uncovering the truth, Evan O'Riley---seasoned by years of crime-solving in Riverton---arrives in Briarwood, determined to discover whether he's facing triple homicide or a heartbreaking suicide. As he delves into the case, Evan uncovers unsettling whispers about the town's infamous SAD Killer, whose string of brutal murders left Briarwood haunted---and whose identity was never discovered. Fifty years later, the ghosts of the past resurface as Evan combs through long-buried evidence, tracks down survivors, and seeks out old investigators tied to the original crimes. Driven to find answers for both the present and the past, Evan is relentless in his pursuit of justice. But as old secrets come to light and the investigation intensifies, Evan realizes the SAD Killer's legacy isn't as distant as he believed---the danger may be closer than anyone imagines.

Would you recognize a serial killer if you talked to one every single day? Starving artist Lia Anderson doesn't. Neither do her friends at the Mount Airy Dog Park. Then the violent death of Lia's newly-ex boyfriend brings Detective Peter Dourson onto the scene. Peter penetrates the close-knit group of dog lovers with the help of Viola, the dead man's dog. The more he learns, the more he is convinced that someone is not who they seem. As his investigation uncovers secrets, a grieving Lia fights her growing attraction to the laid-back detective. Meanwhile, a killer hides in plain sight, desperate to stay ahead of the investigation-no matter who has to die. I'll post a new chapter every night. Enjoy!

Ida Mae Babbitt, president of the Omni 2nd Ward Relief Society, didn't mean to become a spy. But when visiting teaching stats are low and she learns that one family under her care is in financial trouble, she'll do whatever it takes to make sure they have what they need. If that includes planting surveillance cameras in their home and watching them from a parked car in the woods, well, isn't that what any caring Relief Society president would do? With the help of her counselors Arlette and Tansy, Ida Mae soon learns that there's more to the situation than meets the eye. It's all in a day's work for the Relief Society.

Secrets, Scandal...and Murder. //// Ahmed Heavenstate just wanted to fit in. A recently adopted high school freshman in a brand new town, he'd barely gotten his foot in the door before being targeted by the headmaster's entitled son Steven. But when a cruel prank brings both boys face to face with a brutalized corpse in the school's main building, these warring adolescents are swept into a terrifying world bloodied with the long-buried secrets of their tight-lipped community. As the passions and prejudices of old money and new acquaintances whirl relentlessly through their town of sheltered closets and the skeletons inside them, Steven and Ahmed will discover a truth more terrifying than anything their paragon of sacred laws and tradition would dare allow them to believe.

Adele knows she witnessed a murder - what she doesn't know is just how personal it is. ***** A girl was brutally murdered in the basement of a sorority house in spring 2011. Adele Theroux thinks she saw the killer - and the killer definitely saw her. What she doesn't know is why this all happened and who this guy is. As she tries to solve the mystery from a distance while in witness protection, the connections keep getting weirder and more personal. Might she be able to relate to the killer in a way that no one else can? And what does that mean about her own psyche? *2019 Watty Award for Mystery/Thriller* [[word count: 50,000-60,000 words]] Cover designed by April Alforque

Kayleigh went to Beaumont Academy to start over, not to solve a cold-case murder.

When Elijah and his fanatical sister, Eliza, are faced with a murder, they set out to find the murderer on their own. Inspecting in secret, hiding their mission from their callous foster mother, their friendship is harshly tested. As they delve deeper into the case, however, they find themselves sinking deeper into uncharted territory - deeper than they'd ever have wanted. Note: Mild swearing and violence present (although very rarely) Featured on 2/1/17 #447 in Mystery/Thriller 13/11/17

**Sequel to THE BRIGHT AND THE LOST** A YA Historical Fantasy set in 1922 that mixes romance, magic and mystery! Following the upsetting events that disrupted her London Season and changed her life forever, eighteen-year-old Vita is ready to spend a quiet winter at her country estate with her fiancé. Newly wed to the handsome son of a Hong-Kong businessman, Vita's best friend Izzy can't quite believe all her dreams are finally coming true: she's escaped her ruined family and she's traded the horrid English weather for the Californian sunshine. However, when an unexpected event disrupts Vita's routine at Weatherly, she has no choice but to leave behind her home and go in search of Holden - the stranger who turned her life upside down during the summer and knows the answers to all of her questions. Her quest leads her to New York, where new dangers lurk in the shadows of the city's skyscrapers and speakeasies. From Hollywood to Manhattan, darkness soon engulfs the lives of both girls, who find themselves in a race against time to locate Holden, unravel the mysteries surrounding Vita - and avoid getting caught in a thousand-year-old secret war that threatens to destroy them all. Copyright © 2017. All works posted here are the property of EM Castellan. Please do not use without permission. Any duplication or reproduction of all or part of the work without explicit permission by the author is illegal. Cover artist: Amalia Chitulescu

Based off the ABC show and the book series by Anthony E. Zuicker Highest Ranking: #1 in #whodunnit

Paranormal // Mystery/thriller // Horror // LGBTQ+ // Novel // Completed ~ He haunts them every night, but these two kill men in their sleep. ~ Devon and Tamesis have shared dreams since they met back in highschool. Every fear, hope, and dream they shared as they built their life together. Even after Devon's promising military career was shot down with her, the two have been inseparable lovers. For years they've been on wicked adventures together, but then another person manages to sneak into their shared dream world--and he is not friendly. This strange, shadowy man changes his appearance every time in an attempt to elude them. He tries everything, from torture to seduction, in an attempt to sate his sadistic desires. He wants them for himself, dead or alive. But when you've shared your heart, dreams, and life with someone, it doesn't matter what reality you're in together: you fight for each other. ~*~ Wattpad featured "Tales to Terrify" (Halloween 2019) ~*~ Cover by the talented @SeventhStar Story written by both @Godhand and @Shimaira

They all bowed to her and intoned in a chorus "Long live Princess Hermione!" Hermione is of royal descent and there's a whole lot of stuff going on in the background. A story that focuses on Muggleborns. My first ever story! Hope you guys like it.

FBI agent Alexander Donovan never thought his job was easy, but it was still something he enjoyed doing. At least until he was assigned to catch Zakary Jameson. An insane man with a bizarre ability killing for an unknown reason, Jameson always was a step ahead. Always playing a little game of cat and mouse. But...why? Why would a man of a seemingly perfect background go on a killing streak with unlinked, random victims? As Donovan discovers the truth, he wishes he had never accepted the case. Cover by @TheCivilWars

A fanfiction written to celebrate Pokemon's 20th Anniversary! Updates Mondays and Fridays. Set in an AU Cyberpunk PMD universe, a scientific experiment has gone horribly wrong, sucking the capital city of System into a massive glitch called the Fracture, and dragging the human world into it! Humans are scattered throughout the region, some of which have gained strange abilities, or been transformed into Pokemon. Many are lying in comas, leaving only a mere handful of humans alive in System. Meanwhile, a mawile named Pixel and her investigation team are looking for their missing friends amongst an outbreak of a virus believed to be leaking from the Fracture, corrupting Pokemon and the entire region slowly but surely. They team up with a human/talonflame named Switch and a corrupted meowstic named Vector to try and stop the virus at its source, even if that means risking their lives by breaching the Fracture... AKA Glitch City. Rated Teen (Yes, that's a Missingno image taken from a Google search (Technobuffalo) in the cover! I do NOT own it!)

13+ "Sharna Davis, Detective Sharna Davis. Remember that name well, Detective" Sharna Davis is a young ambitious Detective trying to begin her career, she doesn't stop till she gets what she wants. After 2 whole years, she is sick of her boss and boring job at the police station, so she decides to quit and become a private detective. She has always dreamt of becoming a detective and achieving justice ever since her father's mysterious death as a child. Through out the story she will be going through different crimes in which some will be long like 5 chapters while others would be short like 2 or 3 chapters leading to the final case, the death of her father.

"And in the distance between these eyes that did not see, and this voice that did not resound, he put the flowers and fruit he had picked to describe the scent she had to him. As he put them all into her arms, she understood with a graceful smile. Pulling them close to her heart, she extended her hand to meet the claws that everyone but her feared so very much." The unlikely love story of a King without a voice and a young woman without sight, in a country where strength and abilty are everything.

Scarlett Burn never meant to become a famous explorer. She only wanted to capture the elusive enemy known as time. When the ancient palace of Phaedria is discovered sunken under a lake, Hub Publishing dispatches Scarlett and her journalist partner to document the find. A dangerous mishap traps Scarlett in a watery tomb. With her flasher in hand, will she capture the past or her own demise?

** COMPLETED** Larry and Laurent Bourgeois, aka Les Twins, are the Kings of Hip Hop dancing, and tour the world to meet millions of fans. They are living the life of their dreams, until their manager starts getting strange phone calls, and one day disappears only to be replaced by an attractive young woman who doesn't seem to be who she says she is. Her appearance sets off a series of events that result in bloodshed and heartbreak, yet Larry and Laurent can't help but trust her. 'Malice' a Les Twins fanfiction filled to the brim with Drama, Mystery and Romance.

Fifteen years ago, Slate the wise and honourable ruler of the kingdom of Aurora mysteriously disappeared. Leaving behind his eleven year old son, Alexander. Too young to take the throne, Alexander's uncle Xavier inherited the kingdom, but in Slate's absence evil prevailed, the kingdom's once peaceful reputation destroyed. Xavier's cruel reign has produced many battles, and caused many deaths. Now it's up to Alexander to journey throughout unknown lands, and meet dangerous people in order to rescue his father from the horrid place in which he is trapped. Will Alexander succeed in retrieving his father and returning the kingdom to its former glory? Or will the arrival of some unexpected new friends lead him toward his doom? ❝Evil doesn't always look evil. Sometimes it's staring right at us and we don't even realise it❞