Private-detective Stories

In the quiet town of Survanya, life grows slowly. Flowers bloom in the gardens. Clay takes shape beneath careful hands. The forest remains untouched beyond the hills. And Melantha Caskeut has learned to live with the absence of her father. Years after Ivan Caskeut's death, she has accepted the story everyone told her-that he died while trying to stop a robbery. Until her uncle, David, returns. One confession is enough to tear apart everything Melantha thought she knew about her father's death. But grief has a strange way of changing people. As Melantha begins searching for answers, another mystery captures her attention-a rare flower known only as Elaris, a plant that seems to exist somewhere between forgotten history and local legend. What begins as curiosity slowly becomes something far more complicated. Because some secrets are buried beneath the earth. And some are buried with the dead. In Survanya, neither stays hidden forever. This book is written by three people me @liliput_dan and @RaevINgraves

Living in a cozy, small town, tucked away in the south of England, unremarkable average guy Alfie Bowman has been heard to describe himself as a refugee from a failed life. In his own words he’s ordinary looking, starting to lose his hair, a little bit shorter than average, a little bit heavier than he should be, and a lot less fit than he really ought to be. Most definitely an unlikely hero! At the ripe old age of 50, he’s escaped an unhappy marriage and just wants to re-start his life, relax and have some fun, and maybe do some writing - if only he could find something to write about! So when he stops in the pub for a couple of pints on the way home one night, the last thing he expects to have to do is save a stunning young woman half his age from a fracas with an enormous thug with huge fists! But that’s exactly what he does do, because, as far as Alfie’s concerned, there are some things you can’t just stand by and ignore. Waking up in hospital later that night he wonders if maybe getting involved hadn’t been the best decision he’d ever made after all! But he soon learns that the beating he’d been given had nothing to do with events in the pub... So who beat him up, and why? Who is the stunning young woman and what’s she doing in town?

7 wives. 6 different secrets. 1 book club with lots of whispers but not much reading. No one likes each other. But they all can keep a secret. One wife is a cheater. One wife aborted her third child on a "work" trip. One wife only married to escape her criminal past. One wife took everything from her first husband just to move on to the next one. One wife has a drug addiction. One wife hated her husband so much she framed his multi-million dollar company of embezzlement. But one wife keeps her mouth shut. Never would she spill her guts no matter how much wine was poured into her cup. But as her missing husband washes up the shore of the local beach. The wives become... well suspecting of their book club gossip partner. Can they find out her secret? Or will they forever live in the shadows of Long Island?

Kalika had just completed her rigorous IFS training and received the appointment letter she had dreamed of-she was to be posted at the prestigious Indian Embassy in Delhi. It was the beginning of everything she had worked so hard for. To celebrate, she joined her friends for a night out at one of the city's most elite club. It was supposed to be a night of joy, freedom, and beginnings. But the next morning shattered everything. She wake up in a haze, her head throbbing, her memories fragmented. Stumbling into the bathroom, she comes face-to-face with a nightmare-her body is bruised, covered in bite marks, and aching in places that make her stomach churn. Panic claws at her throat. She remembers laughter, lights, music... and then, nothing. A complete blackout. Terrified and confused, Kalika is desperate to uncover the truth. But with her dream career on the line, she must tread carefully-one wrong move could shatter everything she's worked for. Her search leads her to three mysterious women-Samira, Aryahi, and Niyati-each of them hiding secrets of their own. What begins as a personal investigation soon spirals into a dark and tangled web of secrets, betrayal, and buried trauma. The truth about that night is far more twisted than Kalika ever imagined-and some memories are hidden for a reason. How far would you go to uncover a night your mind refuses to remember?

Gardiner Jones investigates the murder of his old newspaper reporter friend Lewis Kyle.

Ayaka is a private detective who had a traumatic childhood and wants to be able to fight for herself. But she has a few bumps ahead of her... Original story? AMBW/BWAM (Asian man Black woman) [All Rights Reserved] ! DO NOT STEAL !

Here is the real kicker I started my P.I career less than 3 months ago and where am I now? Iam laying on the side of the road with a knife sticking out of my chest. I want to thank @quaddle For making this amazing book cover

When a Private Eye is tasked with finding a missing person, he finds what might be an evil spirit lurking through the forests of North America.

Athena Harrison is a 29-year-old woman who refuses to believe that "family" can ever provide anything to her life or that love, in general, is necessary. She became a private investigator when she learned that she could stalk people legally. She manages to solve cases with the help of her "friend," Alexandre, who she "convinced" to become a technology expert. Athena has never confessed to anyone that she's been having bipolar symptoms all her life, or at least that what she thinks she has. It didn't matter really, because she would barely meet with people, that's one of the perks of being a private investigator. Life for Athena changes when she gets a package from an investigation team that wants her under their sleeve to solve bigger cases than adultery marriages.

Rania Algafari never asked to be different, and when she escaped the war in Syria and moved to the UK, her only goal was to live her life in peace. Get up, go to work, avoid talking to the dead - that sort of thing. But not everyone dies quietly, and Rania's soon being pestered by one ghost, blackmailed by another, and distracted by a handsome private investigator who's got his own reasons for wanting to solve a particularly gruesome murder. While Will Lawson doesn't mind using unorthodox methods to crack a case, he's never had to contact his witnesses via a seance before. But the clock is ticking, and Will and his unlikely sidekicks need to hunt down a killer before he's dispatched to join the spirit world himself.

Jennifer is a mystery-novel-loving girl who barely scrapes by, no thanks no her money laundering sister who happens to be her roommate. On a whim, she decides to take the night off from her providing duties and meets a strange, (but confident,) man who seems to be the perfect challenge to her forte. But what happens when her annoying, lovable, sister becomes the one and only suspect for a brutal homicide? And why does Jennifer's new friend seem so invested?

Jax Cuthbert is a Private Investigator who thinks his life can't get any worse until one day it does, a lot worse. Sofia is a successful banker in the Scottish golf capital St Andrews. Sofia is also the ex wife of Jax and harbours a dark secret. One big enough to get her killed. Jax is thrust into the other side of an investigation as he is the main suspect in a murder he did not commit, can he clear his name or will Sofia's death be the final nail in the coffin for Jax. If the case doesn't kill him the secrets might.

Maverick hero Ben Malone, is back in another action-packed, thrilling adventure, this time as a Los Angeles private eye. Amid his adjustment from LAPD detective to running his own private investigations agency, a strikingly beautiful blonde carrying a bundle of cash pays a visit to Malone's office with a somewhat curious problem-she witnessed a murder but for personal reasons can't go to the police to report what she saw. Empathetic with her delicate situation, Malone agrees to take on the unusual case for a private detective-finding, identifying, and bringing to the attention of the LAPD, the murderers so that they justice can take its course without involving his client. All in all, in the beginning, the case seems innocuous enough and an easy money assignment, that is until things start to unravel. There are three more connected murders before Malone's investigation even gets started. From there, like an out of control roller coaster, things go downhill fast and from bad to worse. Malone learns that the string of murders is mob-connected. The man believed behind them is a well-connected, heavy hitter, a vicious mob boss in the Los Angeles' Ukrainian criminal underworld who will stop at nothing to eliminate Malone's client. In the initial confrontation with the Ukrainian gangster, Malone is stunned to learn that his love interest, feisty psychiatrist Sara Bernstein is caught in the crosshairs, having been abducted while attending a conference in San Francisco. She is held hostage by the mobster as leverage to force Malone to betray the whereabouts of his client. He also discovers that everything may not be as it first seemed with his attractive client. She may be up to her pretty ears in a little criminal behavior of her own. Malone races against time, first to rescue Bernstein, and then to sort the innocent from the guilty in time to solve what rapidly evolves into a complicated web of deceit and criminal wrongdoing where it seems fair is foul, and foul is fair.

Tristan Young is, by all logical conclusions, a failure. His dream career of private investigation has left him with nothing but debt and an empty office. So when a mysterious phone call makes him a grand promise of fame and success, the decision to accept is simple. There is only one price for his ambition: one night in the local manor, and one dinner with five strangers. Easy enough. Until, sometime in the dark, the price turns bloody. With one of the party's attendees now dead and no other suspects but the remaining five, they are all thrust deep into a murder case riddled with secrets. For Tristan, it should be his fantasy come true; he finally has a puzzle to solve and a chance to put his skills to use. But the games in his head never placed himself as a puzzle piece. The game becomes a race. He has to clear his name and win what he was promised before it's too late. -♧- Written for the Open Novella Contest 2023, using prompt 49. -- ONC Shortlister -- [cover art by the amazing @-aceospades-]

Damon Stewart is a local homicide investigator who likes the idea of bringing closure and justice to those who can't bring it on themselves. When middle-aged men are turning up dead all in Denver and Colorado Springs, Damon is on the job. It's when Raelyn Mitchells shows up and steals his thunder that the real job starts. Contract only, private detective Raelyn Mitchells is hired to help the locals with a serial killer case. Working for the police isn't common, but she's done it before. But when the local homicide investigator, Damon Stewart, gets in her way, competition gets intense and sparks fly. But the sparks aren't only related to the case.

Somos una agencia de detectives privados en Madrid con Gran experiencia en todo tipo de investigaciones privadas, detectives infidelidades, bajas laborales, etc.

"I've known a lot of people with worse lives than you. It's part of the business I'm in -- I get to see all kinds of human privilege, human weakness, human strangeness...and human trouble." Holden Burke has better things to do than run around in the messy love life of a rich kid who wants to find his runaway fling. But that was before a body turned up in a lake, and someone who has a connection to it seemed to have gone missing. Someone who everyone is searching for... (cw: violence, homophobic language)

A killer with no rules. Twins with nothing to lose. This isn't just a case. It's a game. And Zane always plays to win.