Privateeye Stories

Once a cop, now a private eye. Once human, now a cyborg. Dalton Steel had scraped a living investigating the things that were beneath the cops he used to work with. Except those cases that involved bots. Until a beautiful woman, a beautiful bot created to mimic a beautiful woman to perfection, hands him the case of a serial bot killer. The investigation takes him from deepest, darkest pits, to the gleaming, cleanest Sectors of the Tether, where Dalton finds himself involved in a conspiracy that could cost the lives of thousands, millions of humans. Walking a fine line between the human and bot worlds, Dalton must face his own humanity and mortality to bring a genius killer to justice. A hardboiled, cyberpunk, noir detective story, set in the same world as "Anna In The Garden". 🥉3rd Place, The Ōkami Awards, Sci-Fi category - Sept '22🥉 🏵Featured by @BadassReads, 'The Dauntless' Reading list - Sept '23🏵 Cover created in Canva, using an AI generated picture.

A Veronica Mars Fanfiction that takes places after season four - Spoiler warning! Veronica returns to Neptune after Wallace needs a favour to save his reputation. But a surprise phone call could change everything she thought she knew... Disclaimer - not my characters or backstory! I'm only trying to create an alternative future...

Larry Lir and the Secrets of Age. Larry Lir thought he understood his curse - and his powers. But when a group of frightened children from Myanmar come to him for help, he learns that some secrets are older and darker than even he imagined. The case draws Larry into a dangerous world of spies, shadowy agents, and forbidden magic. The deeper he goes, the more he realizes the fight isn't just about saving others - it's about facing the truth of his own power. Once again, Larry must decide: will he use his black magic to destroy his enemies, or find another way to bring justice to those who can't fight for themselves? Set against the misty coasts of Ireland and the far reaches of Asia, Larry Lir and the Secrets of Age is a thrilling tale of courage, friendship, and the choice between light and darkness. Beneath its magic lies a powerful message - that every child has a voice, and every voice deserves to be heard.

"Didn't you learn not to piss off the wrong people?" His cool breath fanned her face, as she placed the palms of her hands on the wall behind her. Flashbacks of a year and a half ago raced through her head, as she thought about her hugging the man constantly, for he was almost her brother. But he hated her profession. Maybe she should have listened to him, maybe then she wouldn't be half way across the world, away from Cassiel, away from her twin. Her blue eyes sparkled with a fiery blue, as she looked at the man. "Says the man that hired me to look into someone. Tell me Dempsey, do you like being a hypocritical jackass?" She watched as her snide remark made Dempsey's eyes burst into a charcoal brown that held a thousand emotions. Would the two ever be able to get along? He saved her, and yet the two are making each others lives a living hell. The past is not something that can be repeated, the both know that. And yet he is the only one who can protect her. Only one wrong move...

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The daughter of a police chief and the son of a dirty cop have their own private detective agency. One night, a routine investigation goes awry, putting the detectives on the trail of a dangerous, redheaded killer. They'll have to brave a contentious relationship with the local police to solve the case and capture the vicious vixen before she strikes again. Author's Note: I will post a new chapter every week.

Year 2050. Crime has outgrown every cage humanity ever built. The world's governments quietly surrender their worst monsters to a secret fleet of prison ships known only as "the Ferry." No trials. No appeals. No escape. Aboard Purgatory Initiative Site Zero, five ruthless crime families keep a fragile peace under the watchful eyes of sadistic guards and the baton of the masked enforcer called the Ferryman. But the families are not the true power. They are pets. " they" built the first cities on graves, and has steered every empire, war, and conspiracy since the dawn of man. For more than six thousand years they have waited for the seat at their table to be filled by of the original sin. could this be Jack. . fire. brimstone and a man forged in hell. The Ferry sails in circles through endless storm, but the real storm is coming from below. When the fourteenth seat is claimed, the Shadows will no longer need puppets. They will rule in daylight. And Jack, the reluctant final piece, must decide whether to break the circle, or become the darkness that ends the world. A brutal, superhero occult crime thriller. where conspiracy is history, blood is destiny, and freedom is just another word for the moment before the blade falls.

Heir to a business empire, hedonist, playboy, and collector of beautiful things - Cezare Gray is a self-proclaimed cynic with a marvelous talent. He can steal secrets. Private investigator Miranda Lancing lives a fake life under a fake name, never trusting anyone. She moonlights as a thief. On the day they meet, Miranda's date is found dead, with a book lying across his chest. Will she take the heart of the coldest man she's ever met? Will he fall in love? Will they solve a mystery that doesn't want to be solved?

Jordan Nimsby returns to her hometown of Eagle River in the Northwoods of Wisconsin after a failed career in Big City investigation and losing her cop fiancée to murder in the line of duty. She ends up camped out in her parents' tiny, "storage" cabin off Loon Lake and while working as a barista at a small coffee shop unexpectedly finds herself witnessing a crime. Her instincts took over, and she's now solved a couple of mysteries for the Eagle River PD with the massive assistance of her best friend from high school, Samantha Orwitz, who now happens to be a detective for the department. This time around, Sam calls Jordy with a cold case that has suddenly warmed up quite a bit. Is there really a ghost haunting a recently renovated resort north of town? The two women are determined to find answers.

,, Wow. Secret agent, stalker and private eye at once.. is there something else I should know about you before I fall in love with you again?" ,, there are tons of what you should know. But you will never find out." ,, I can't believe. You let me down." He left and I burst into tears. Again. I felt alone. And I was. I was alone whole my life. I've lived in my own lies

Jimmy is a skeleton brought to life by a mad scientist for reasons Jimmy doesn't quite know. For days at a time the skeleton was strapped down to an operating table and left alone. He couldn't talk at the time and there wasn't much to look at except for a television in the laboratory. The television constantly played old noir detective movies like Boghart and Cagney. This is how Jimmy learned to talk. He began to emulate what he was watching on the tv, speaking in a style similar to a hard nosed private eye. Eventually Jimmy escaped after discovering that he was nothing more than a pile of living bones. Of course being a skeleton meant he'd have to hide. He stole a big trench coat, hat, and scarf in order to cover himself. There were so many questions plaguing his mind about what he was, who he was before he was a skeleton, and just what his maker was planning to do with him. That got him thinking, what would Sam Spade do? Living beneath a haberdashery for a while and learning how to sew from watching them eventually The skeleton made a makeshift disguise with gloves , glasses, the scarf, a wig, and a large brimmed hat to hide himself he set out to solve those mysteries himself. He adopted the name Jimmy Bones from his idol Jimmy Cagney and Bones because he was a skeleton. He found out he was rather good at solving petty crimes and the like. He had a knack for deductive reasoning and bad skeleton puns. So, eventually he saved up enough from the small crimes he'd helped solve to have an office space for James Bones Private Eye Oh yeah, his skeleton is imbued with a sort of living shadow that has a variety of uses. Usually it's just an extension of his mind giving life to his thoughts like having the shadow play out a crime scene as he's figuring it out and the like

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.

The story of a man, four teenagers, and conspiracy.

The Family Nidleton became renowned in 2007 for earning the title of "Visualist Family," a moniker meaning "Full of Visual." Mr. and Mrs. Niddleton were the proud parents of triplets named Charlotte, Lily, and Heather. They seemed the epitome of a perfect and happy family-until a terrifying tragedy struck. --- "Why can't I be perfect like both of my sisters..." Heather whispered to herself, tears rolling silently down her cheeks. "We're triplets, but..." her voice trailed off as her gaze landed on the knife. A chilling laugh escaped her lips. "It'll never work out..." she thought, smirking at her reflection in the blade.

A private eye is stood up by a contact late at night. When he begins his walk home he notices footsteps that aren't his own.

Erica Jensen, a retired Marine with PTSD, struggles with making a living as an unlicensed private eye and overcoming her opioid addiction. When she's hired by a rich business man to find his missing daughter and recover embezzled money, things go south fast when she stumbles across a dead body. As Erica tries to discover why the victim was killed and where the girl disappeared, she ends up being targeted by the Russian mob. However, it takes all of Erica's wits to find out the astonishing truth behind it all.

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Genie for Hire: A Biff Andromeda Mystery is a private eye novel-with a paranormal twist. An ancient genie in a modern, buff body, Biff can't use his magical powers for his own benefit, so he opens a detective agency in a Miami suburb. A damsel in distress, photographer Sveta Pshkov, hires him to retrieve a stolen set of boudoir photos she took of a Russian mobster's wife-snapped for her boyfriend's pleasure, not her husband's. Biff's investigation uncovers the spreading tentacles of the Russian mafia. The case turns personal when he realizes that the dangerous female genie he has loved and lost over centuries has a desperate stake in the outcome. Joined by his companions, a resusciated squirrel and a magical sylph who takes the form of a butterfly, Biff follows his super-sensitive nose into hidden corners of South Florida and dark regions of human behavior. With his sarcastic wit, his ability to turn into a wisp of vapor, and magic as old as the ages, Biff battles a pack of ruthless criminals - and his own romantic obsession.

Callie Gordon, a young private investigator, hears of her sister's death and is immediately convinced that she was murdered. Everyone else, though, believes it was just an accident, so it's up to Callie to get justice for her sister. However, when bodies start piling up and Callie has made very little progress in the case, she realizes the one person who might be able to help her is Charlie Stone: outstanding deputy, son of the sheriff, and Callie's rival since birth. Not to mention the fact that the Gordon and the Stone families have been feuding for generations. What happens when the two have no choice but to work together? Can they catch the murderer, or will their rivalry get in the way? And will their feelings of hatred towards each other blossom into something better? Read on to find out.