Noirfiction Stories

When Detective Raymond Jones is assigned to a routine investigation at the renowned luxury hotel Palazzo Lethoria, he soon finds himself drawn into a mystery unlike any he has ever encountered. Guests come and go, yet some leave with curiously incomplete accounts of their stay. Raymond must untangle a web of long-buried secrets where every answer leads to another impossible question.

To solve the murder of a former classmate, an investigator battling hallucinatory grief must untangle a ruthless institutional conspiracy. But in a city built on buried secrets-where every truth comes with a body count and no one is truly innocent-he finds himself in a deadly cat-and-mouse game where the cost of justice might just be his sanity... or his life. Catching Tokyo's most elusive serial killer was supposed to be her greatest triumph. But the ghost behind the mask isn't a stranger-he's the boy who broke her heart, and the only person who ever understood her pain. As elite intelligence agents hunt a vigilante known as LUNE, a dark conspiracy of corruption, hidden morgue files, and buried school traumas begins to surface. But as the body count rises, the line between hunter and hunted blurs. When two scarred souls collide in the neon-lit underworld, they aren't looking for justice anymore-they're looking for survival. And in a war built on lies, the most destructive thing they can do... is give in to each other.

Los Angeles is a city where people disappear every day. Most are noticed. Some aren't. Gilbert has learned what it means to be invisible. Homeless, exhausted, and alone, he expects nothing from the city except another cold night and another reason to keep moving. So when three young women offer him food, clean clothes, and an invitation to a beach party, their kindness feels almost impossible to refuse. At first, the party is everything Gilbert has been missing-music, laughter, food, and people who actually seem happy to see him. Then he notices the flower necklaces. The dizziness. The vans. And the people being dragged away. Gilbert escapes, but the nightmare doesn't end when he reaches the police. By the time officers return, the party has vanished without a trace. No witnesses. No obvious crime scene. Hardly any missing-person reports. The deeper Gilbert digs, the more terrifying the pattern becomes. Runaways. Foster kids. Homeless young adults. People without stable families, money, or anyone powerful enough to demand answers. People the city has already learned not to see. With the help of a determined police officer and a reporter who has been chasing similar disappearances for years, Gilbert begins uncovering a network built on one simple idea: If no one is looking for someone, how long does it take before they can be erased completely? And when the people behind the disappearances realize Gilbert survived, he may become the next person Los Angeles forgets.

By day, Evie is invisible. By night, Celestine is unforgettable. Ten years after her mother's murder was quietly buried, Evie has learned that justice is not always found in courtrooms. Now powerful men are dying-each one marked by the same elegant signature. Detective Elias Cross is determined to catch the woman behind the bodies. But the deeper he digs, the more he realizes Celestine may not be killing at random. Someone is hiding the truth. Someone has been protecting it for years. And Celestine intends to drag every secret into the light. Some women wear lipstick. She wears blood. 🖤

The Bronx had made Charlie Reign, but it had never been gentle with her. She had learned early that survival required patience, intelligence, and the ability to recognize danger before it spoke. Years away had changed the woman who returned to the borough. She carried herself with quiet confidence, remembered more than she revealed, and understood the invisible network connecting the city's nightlife, businesses, money, secrets, and power. The Crossing existed beneath the surface of the Bronx, where criminal ambition and legitimate life met behind polished doors and guarded walls. It was a world built on reputation, silence, favors, and fear. Charlie knew that world. She knew the rules. She also knew what happened to people who underestimated women. Against a backdrop of rain soaked streets, elevated trains, neon lights, dark clubs, private rooms, and midnight conversations, Charlie's presence began to change the atmosphere around her. She had returned carrying the weight of everything the city had taught her. This was not a story about a woman waiting to be rescued. It was about survival becoming strength, pain becoming discipline, and a woman refusing to remain defined by the people who once believed they could control her. The Bronx had made Charlie Reign. Now the city had to reckon with the woman she had become. ©️ RelleLebby // R. L.

She was built from sin, smoke, and circuitry-and she's here to save what's left of her soul. Once, she was Nixie Voss: forty-two, broke, and surviving on grit and caffeine, hustling on her back to make a buck, somewhere between the gutter and Neon Row. Then a back-alley experiment rewrote her body and her name. Now she's VANTA-the Void And Neon Tactical Assassin. Half saint, half sin, and all vengeance, she hunts the city's worst men while fighting the code inside her that wants to take control. And when her missing son's signal flickers back online, mercy becomes optional. A grindhouse gospel of broken mothers, bad men, and chrome salvation. Justice is on the house. Tips optional. "Every verse begins in blood. Hers ends in mercy. And the city will never forget her name." - VANTA

In the glittering world of Hollywood, where dreams are made and shattered in equal measure, a sinister plot is about to unravel... Detective Jack Hawthorne thought he'd seen it all, but the murder of legendary film producer/actor Victor Holloway is about to drag him into the darkest corners of Tinseltown. As the body count rises and the suspects multiply, Jack finds himself caught in a web of lies, deceit, and long-buried secrets. With the help of Sarah Lancaster, a rising starlet with a mysterious past, Jack must navigate the treacherous waters of Hollywood politics and uncover the truth before the killer strikes again. But in a town where everyone wears a mask, who can he really trust? From the sun-drenched studios to the shadowy back alleys, "The Final Cut" peels back the glamorous facade of Hollywood to reveal its rotten core. This gripping noir thriller will keep you guessing until the very last page, as Jack races against time to solve the case that could shake the entertainment industry to its very foundations. In Hollywood, the most dangerous stories are the ones that are true. And this might be the deadliest tale ever told. 🎬 Lights, camera, murder... Welcome to "The Final Cut." 🎬 *Are you ready for your close-up?*

Presenting 12 tales starring the legendary British detective Sherlock Holmes, this 1892 book is Arthur Conan Doyle's first short-story collection. The mystery compilation includes some of Holmes's finest cases with his dutiful sidekick, Doctor Watson, most notably "A Scandal in Bohemia," in which Holmes matches wits with the crafty former lover of a European king. Also featured is "The Adventure of the Red-Headed League," a study in misdirection that unfolds to become a much larger scheme. The stories, initially published in the Strand Magazine, are essential reading for Holmes fans.

In 1950s L.A., private eye Tom Hart is hired by bombshell Zelda after her nightclub bouncers are murdered. As a vicious gangster tightens his grip, deadly revenge and betrayal threaten everything in this noir short story.

Detectives Tolya Kurchenko and Pete Gonzalvez are sent on a what appears to be a routine nuisance call their first week on NYC's new Citywide Terrorism Task Force. Little do they know two old ladies will lead them to a potential disaster. Did you love Kurchenko and Gonzalvez in Forgiving Maximo Rothman? Here's a story to tide you over till they return in 2015 in Forgiving Mariela Comacho the next installment in A J Sidransky's "Forgiving" series. If you haven't read Forgiving Maximo Rothman here's where you can find it: http://www.amazon.com/Forgiving-Maximo-Rothman-J-Sidransky-ebook/dp/B00C7BMCT2/ref=asap_B00G3JR3A2_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1417875181&sr=1-1  If you love Noir fiction try Noir Nation 5 to see the rest of the stories in the anthology with "Mother Knows Best". I hope you enjoy!

The Death of Nadina Cenci is the spin-off of the novel An Easy, Easy Investigation. It is an intense and moving tale revealed through the pages of a secret diary, where emotions and memories resurface with force. A mother, driven by the need to understand and to rebuild a lost bond, immerses herself in those words in search of answers and hidden truths. A story that weaves together pain and hope, capable of engaging and touching the reader from the very first page.

Some nights drag trouble out of the dark whether you want it or not. Detective Cliff Donovan was only looking for a quiet drive along the coast when the storm rolled in-and with it, something he was never meant to see. Now a single moment on a quiet stretch of road will haunt him long after the rain stops. Because whatever crossed his path that night wasn't finished with him. Not even close. And the ocean doesn't give back what it takes.

"I caught a monster. But did I become one too?" Detective Logan sacrificed everything to put serial killer Gadiel behind bars-his marriage, his sanity, even his soul. But when a new body appears with the same twisted signature, Logan's worst nightmare comes true: either Gadiel has an accomplice, or the wrong man is in prison. Now, tormented by guilt and sleepless nights, Logan must dive back into the darkness that nearly destroyed him. Haunted by visions of his ex-wife Antia-the woman he loved and failed-he walks a razor's edge between justice and obsession. As the copycat's game escalates, Logan uncovers a chilling truth: this killer isn't just mimicking Gadiel... they're perfecting his work.

Private Eye Ramone Ramone is approached one night by a mysterious woman offering him $10,000 to find a rare book. It seems her son has joined a cult and offered its guru a family heirloom: an original edition of The Corsican Dove. After accepting the case, Ramone discovers that the book is worth less than a carton of cigarettes. With the murders of five interested parties and death threats received by Ramone and his drug-dealing partner, he learns that there are some heavy hitters out there including his own clients who have no intention of letting Ramone get his hands on The Corsican Dove. How can a $7.00 book be work dying for?

In 1950s New Jersey, private detective Elias Monroe takes on what seems like a simple case: a grieving heiress desperate to uncover the truth behind her brother's sudden death. But the deeper Eli digs into smoky jazz clubs and shadowed alleys, the more he finds himself tangled in a web of secrets where nothing is as it seems, and no one can be trusted.

In the rain-slicked alleys of Gotham, two shadows have always danced on the edge of ruin: Batman, the city's unbreakable guardian, and the woman who once knew him better than anyone-Linda Vance, the thief who wore latex and heartbreak like armor. What begins as a routine confrontation over stolen jewels ignites something neither can control. Years of buried friendship, unspoken love, and shared secrets fracture under the weight of one reckless night. When Linda reveals she's carrying his child, the mask finally cracks. But love in Gotham is never simple. A brutal betrayal follows. A split personality tears her in two-Linda, the gentle soul who once understood him completely, and Selina, the feral predator who will burn the city to claim her freedom. Kidnapping, torture, electric shocks, desperate passion, and a machine built from grief and madness become the only path forward. Bruce Wayne must choose: the woman he loves, or the city he swore to protect. One button. One detonation. Every villain in Gotham-including the fractured woman who still wears his heart-will pay the ultimate price. Twenty years later, their daughter Lily stands at three graves side by side. The Bat is gone. The Cat is gone. The man who tried to save them both is gone. Some shadows never truly fade. They only wait for the next rain to bring them back. A dark, erotic, heartbreaking reimagining of Batman's world-where duty devours love, identity shatters like glass, and redemption comes at the cost of everything that ever mattered. Shadows of the Bat A Gotham Tragedy

When someone decides to create a stronger, deadlier version of Valkyr-the drug that, 20 years ago, was responsible for the brutal, senseless murders of his wife and newborn daughter-Max Payne is once again at the end of it all. But this time, it's one time too much. They never saw him coming.