Privateinvestigator Stories

Faking her death seemed like a solid plan-until the wrong man came looking for her. Delilah Whitmore wasn't about to let her controlling fiance dictate her future. So she vanished, trading champagne and silk for flannel and firewood in the middle of nowhere. It was all going great... until a very broody, very attractive private investigator showed up at her doorstep. Declan Grayson doesn't lose his targets. Ever. But Delilah? She's not like anyone he's ever tracked before. She's stubborn, infuriating, and far too tempting for a man who's supposed to be dragging her back to the life she abandoned. Stuck together in a rainstorm, Declan is forced to question everything-his mission, his morals, and most of all, how much longer he can keep his hands off the woman who was supposed to be just another job. This story is written for The Open Novella Contest 2025 Prompts: 41. It's a canon event, after all. At that moment, she realized she had to end the toxic relationship for good. She disappeared from the country, leaving everything behind to start fresh. For a while, she had relied on him just to survive, but now she knew it was time to break free and reclaim her life. 44. In the middle of a storm, a stranger arrives at your cabin, and you offer them shelter. But the storm's forecast says you'll be stuck for much longer than expected. 134. "You did more for me in six days than he ever did in seven years."

People have always said that the justice system is full of corrupt money hunger people Are corrupt could they possibly be?

Basically I got tired of crappy fanfictions that have too many plot holes, so I'm making my own, your welcome. A girl, a boy, and a sadistic serial killer, what could go wrong?

Artemus Black. Perennially down-on-his-luck Hollywood PI whose Bogie fixation is as dated as his wardrobe. With an assistant who mocks him relentlessly, an obese cat that loathes him, a romantic life that's deader than Elvis, money problems, booze, nicotine, and anger management issues, how much worse can it get? When he takes a case that's supposed to be easy money working for a celebrity whose colleagues and surrounding paparazzi are dropping faster than interest in the star's big comeback, the cakewalk turns ugly and Black finds himself in a web of deceit, betrayal, and murder - and bad hair days. The first in a new series from bestselling author Russell Blake, Black is a detective mystery with a difference that fans of the genre are sure to enjoy.

In the glittering, high-stakes world of old money and hidden agendas, a single flicker of darkness shatters a celebration, leaving a millionaire patriarch dead and a family gripped by suspicion. James Denver, a keen observer with a mind for overlooked details, is drawn into this labyrinthine mystery not by official channels, but by a plea from a trusted friend. As the authorities pursue their own leads, James embarks on a private quest for truth. Can James peel back the layers of the mystery before the truth is buried forever?

When a computer programmer, a forensic scientist and a journalist form a group to harm Indianapolis, the Police show the need to personally take them down? Who are they? Are they really dangerous? All remain a mystery until they decide to consult EDITH RYDER, a private detective, who doesn't get involved with the officials, in fact, strongly despise them. But will she help them for the city's sake? GIVE IT A READ AND FIND OUT!

Riggsboro, Iowa. 1980. A young couple is viciously murdered in their sleep. Fifteen years later, a similar grisly killing brings two private detectives to town searching for a connection. Their client? An ailing psychiatrist who believes the murders are the work of an old patient. At the center of it all is a lonely teenage girl named Charlee McCool, who upon discovering an insidious cover-up in the town's past, finds not only her own life in danger, but those whom she loves most. And as a killer closes in, a shady land developer with a checkered past attempts to hinder the investigation, with deadly consequences. Soon all parties discover they are but players in a twisted game, hunted by a madman who knows all their fears, all their secrets--and every move they will make. NOTE: This novel is based loosely on the Halloween series, but the author does not own any rights associated with the franchise. This novel is not to be considered canon, and is in no way affiliated with Trancas International Films, Miramax, Blumhouse Productions, or Universal Pictures. It is an original fan work that merely dabbles in the Halloween universe, taking place between Halloween II (1981) and Halloween H20 (1998). No profit has been made off the material.

Mallory Bray, formerly known as Audrey Massey, has been in hiding for the last three years. Each day she hopes that the person who is threatening her is put behind bars, so that she can see her brother and boyfriend again. The only problem is that they have no clue who is threatening her, so she has to stay undercover as a private eye. Will she be able to go back to her old life and move forward? Or will she forever be stuck in hiding? Find out in Time Stands Still.

A private investigator takes a job from a man that leads him through a labyrinth of clues, lies, and evidence to find a man who killed for 30 years and only used one company as his hunting ground: Fazbear Entertainment.

Lucious "Lucy" Jones is a quirky private investigator who takes a job from a anonymous client to track down a powerful arms dealer hiding in the 90% of North America ravaged by nuclear apocalypse notoriously called the deadlands. He and his best friend, a stuffed unicorn named Ricky, must face gangsters, kingpins, and military officials to find their mark and get paid.

'Rev' Parata is a PI stuck in the orbit of the Big Easy in the 1980's. Life is rough, and he's barely fending off racists and criminals when a member of the British aristocracy offers him a case that is too good to be true. Chasing down his mark, Rev finds himself face-to-face with powers beyond understanding and turns to his people's medicine to guide him through.

Jack "MJ" Michaels, Private Investigator for hire at Golden Eagle High School. He knows everything about anything and everyone who goes there, and is baffled when a new family arrives, who are invisible and untraceable like they never existed at all and they are perfect, too perfect it makes MJ suspicious. MJ tries to figure the Figueroa family out but ends up butting heads with the eldest sister Jasmine. Is this trouble at first sight or is it something else find out by reading "The Point Of View That Matters" The First story by Yandel Figueroa

Kaylee Mitchells is a private investigator and it seems for her whole life, she's been set up for failure. Her boss and her parents believe that she won't ever be successful. When she's handed an affair case, she will do everything in her power to prove them wrong. But, when the affair case turns out to be a case of kidnappings and murders, can she really prove them wrong? Or will they be right all along?

Generally when you kinda sorta break into your best friends dorm room, you don't expect to find a dead body. But I did. And the story isn't pretty, but here it is. I'm Mackenzie Lynn, and this is how I went from taking down messages to taking down a killer. *** My first Wattpad story, sorry if it's juvenile. Please be gentle. I love comments and Messages. *note--the prologue is in present tense third person, the rest is in past tense first person. Sorry for that.

Abandoned by her mother, Adelaide Tremayne is a shell of herself. Destroyed by past experiences she is happy to isolate herself and withdraw from all human touch and focus only on her work - finding other people's lost loved ones. It isn't until James Douglas comes to her for help that she begins to thaw. When her past comes back to haunt her only he will stand in the way to save her... From herself and her past.

Holmes's friend, Mr. Trevor was dying as a result of a stroke suffered after he received a letter. Seven weeks earlier, Hudson an old man, had come looking for work. He proved to be as unruly an employee as could be imagined. He had taken unforgivable liberties which would normally have resulted in an employee's dismissal. He was often drunk. The other staff had complained about him. However, Mr. Trevor always let him get away with any infamy. Because Hudson was his old shipmate. Suddenly, Hudson announced that he was leaving because he had tired of Norfolk, and he was going to Hampshire to see Beddoes, another old shipmate. Now, Mr. Trevor had become thin and careworn by the ordeal. He had thought that the trouble was over when Hudson had left, but then came the letter, from Fordingbridge in Hampshire. It read: "The supply of game for London is going steadily up. Head-keeper Hudson, we believe, has been now told to receive all orders for fly-paper and for preservation of your hen pheasant's life." Holmes found the key. If one read every third word beginning with the first, there was an intelligible message: "The game is up. Hudson has told all. Fly for your life." Holmes had deduced that the game was blackmail. Some guilty secret had been the power that Hudson had held over the elder Mr. Trevor. And it involves the name of one ship ; ' Gloria Scott '. First published in the Strand Magazine, Apr. 1893, with 7 illustrations by Sidney Paget.

When Eleanor Rose receives a phone call telling her that her Aunt Genevieve has died after a fatal accident, she isn't sure what to think. After all, she thought that her aunt has been dead for over four years. When the caller lets her know she has also inherited her aunts old house in the small town of Scranton Texas, Eleanor packs up enough to last her two weeks and heads down to the little town to go through her aunts belongings to make sure it's ready to sell. Upon arriving, she is greeted by a few of the residents and it seems like a nice enough town. But when Anthony Bridges, a homicide detective from Dallas comes to Scranton to investigate her aunts death and several other suspicious crimes, she realizes her whole situation was a bit deeper than she originally thought. As Anthony and Eleanor start to unravel the dark secrets surrounding the seemingly normal town, they start to see a morbid truth hiding behind each of the residents ordinary façade. And it's a lot darker than they prepared themselves for. Wonderful cover by @incompetentnovelist PLEASE go and give them a follow!! Copyright©2020 Calandra James All Rights Reserved.

It was a gloomy day. At least, that's how she remembered it. The day she tasted failure for the first time, the day she left Anazria. Elizabeth Wolfe, like all of us, had trouble following in her family's footsteps. Except, in her case, her reluctance created a rift. As she sets out to repair it, she is faced with a challenge. Will she be able to solve the case given to her? Will she make her family proud? Will she ever succeed again? But most of all, will she learn to trust herself?

There were detectives, and then there was Clary- A name passed in pubs like contraband, whispered between crooked lips and desperate hands. A phantom. A shadow. "The one who always solves it." No badge. No official record. Just results, and smoke. Zach Weller, 19, reporter for the Inkridden Tribune, thought "that's the story." That shadow. That rumor. Find Clary, write the truth, get his name on the front page, the real front page -not book reviews or school award listings. He needed this. His father, a desk-bound ex-cop, called him foolish for chasing myths. But Zach had always trusted the trail, and Clary left just enough breadcrumbs. In foggy 1950s London Clary is a shadow, an enigma, a riddle wrapped in a sarcastic comment. And Clary isn't even HER real name.

As I rest against the headboard of this lumpy bed, I can't believe how I ended up here, alone in a dark, dingy motel room. I'm supposed to be home, secure with the man who promised to love me for better or worse, in sickness and in health, till death do us part. It's clear to me he took the death part earnestly. I've been on the run from him for months. He wants to kill me, make me pay for divorcing him. No one defies Jett, not even the underlings that work for him. It'll only be a matter of time before he tracks me down, but before he does, I hope to have a put a permanent barrier between us. What I'm most afraid of is that he'll discover that I'm pregnant.