Sleuth Stories

Ever think you'd be on the run with a famous journalist and a retired sea captain? Well, you are now! After being captured from your home and dragged to Brussels, Belgium, you are soon rescued by the famous Tintin and the criminals are put back behind bars. However, the reason behind the kidnapping is still a mystery, so Tintin, Snowy, and Captain Haddock make it their mission to help you discover the truth, unaware a new enemy would arise, seeking restoration of his title and becoming a more significant threat to you and Europe than you would realize! Will you survive the risky road ahead and become an adventurer, too? Or is this sudden turn of events too dangerous to overcome? • • • Disclaimer: I don't own any of the pictures, characters, places, etc., that were in the movie, 'The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of The Unicorn,' or the comics, tv shows, games, or anything owned by Hergé or Spielberg at all! I only own the plot, drawings, characters, places, etc., that I made up unless it does contain characters of these universes, etc.

"Amandi." A name that means 'trust no one' in Nigerian. While their true identity remains a mystery, this anonymous host has a reputation for being controversial in terms of questioning the status quo and serving as the voice of the underdogs. How can anyone ever trust someone like Amandi especially when this person just showed up out of nowhere and already has a huge platform? What could he or she possibly be hiding? Join Milo and his friends as they deal with college, new faces and a huge mystery that could ultimately break their friendship. PUBLISHED: 7/21/2024 FINISHED: - - - ••• *NOTE: I highly encourage people to read "The Case of The Red Bubble" first before picking up this book. Also, don't let the number of parts fool you as each chapter is typically shorter. The primary target audience is between ages 15-21.

*Editing* In the small town of Willow Creek, nestled among the rolling hills and whispering trees, lies a dark secret that has haunted its residents for generations. Over the years, more than a hundred young women and girls have vanished without a trace, leaving behind only whispers and unanswered questions. Harley Masterson, a spirited sixteen-year-old with a passion for solving mysteries, has always felt a sense of unease lingering in the shadows of her hometown. Alongside her loyal best friend, Jonathan Reeves, they navigate the ins and outs of high school life while unknowingly treading on dangerous ground. When one of their classmates disappears under mysterious circumstances, Harley and Jon's curiosity is piqued. Drawn together by their shared love for true crime, they embark on a daring quest to unravel the truth behind Willow Creek's dark past. As they dig deeper into the town's history, they uncover unsettling truths about hidden cults, corrupt officials, and long-buried secrets that threaten to tear their community apart. With each clue they unearth, Harley and Jon find themselves caught in a web of deceit that stretches back centuries. But as they get closer to uncovering the truth, they realize that some secrets are meant to stay buried. In "The Vanishing Girls of Willow Creek," follow Harley and Jon on an unforgettable journey filled with twists, turns, and heart-stopping revelations. Will they uncover the truth behind the disappearances that have haunted Willow Creek for centuries? Or will they become just another chapter in its dark history? Only time will tell what lies beneath the surface of this seemingly idyllic town. But one thing is certain - once you enter Willow Creek's twisted world of secrets and lies, there's no turning back.

A ghostwriter's words become death sentences when a fanatic killer turns her darkest pages into flesh and bone. As fiction bleeds into reality, she must unravel her tale--or let it finish itself in bodies. . .

When Frank and Joe Hardy and their friend Tony Prito crash land in a lake in Idaho, they're just glad to be alive. However, they soon learn that the people who live on the town next to the lake are stranded by a washed-out bridge and that one of the townspeople has disappeared. To make matters worse, nearly everyone is blaming their troubles on a lake monster. Frank and Joe are skeptical about that, and they set out to solve the mystery, which turns out to be much bigger than they realize.

When private investigator Tom Hart flies back to Brooklyn for the first time in a decade, it's supposed to be for one thing: to bury his oldest friend, Jimmy Grillo. The cops call it a mugging gone wrong; a random act of violence on a quiet Bensonhurst street. But Jimmy's wife, Ann, thinks otherwise. She believes Jimmy's death has ties to Carmine Perro, a local bookie and loan shark Jimmy owed money to. As Tom digs deeper, old neighborhood ties pull him into a dangerous web of secrets, lies, and betrayal. Everyone has something to hide; Jimmy's gambling debts, Ann's complicated marriage, even the cop investigating the case.

A Hardy Boys mystery- As part of thier college graduation present, the Hardys travel to their grandfather's ranch in Nevada for a well deserved vacation. But thier peaceful, relaxing vacation turns into a life and death situation when they stumble upon a mystery. Time is quickly running out; will they be found before its too late? (Introducing Jenna Hardy, Joe's twin sister.)

"The Salem witch trials began during the spring of 1692, after a group of young girls in Salem Village, Massachusetts, claimed to be possessed by the devil and accused several local women of witchcraft. . By September 1692, the hysteria had begun to abate and public opinion turned against the trials. Though the Massachusetts General Court later annulled guilty verdicts against accused witches and granted indemnities to their families, bitterness lingered in the community, and the painful legacy of the Salem witch trials would endure for centuries.----- Except, they forgot one thing about witches. Witches are humans too. They can blend in with society. Hiding away there powers from the site of nosey neighbors, co workers, classmates, teachers. Anyone really. You will never know who could be a witch. For we have hidden our existence from the world. Only using our magic for simple things. But of course how would I know all this. Well, Im one of them. I am Eve Hallows, and Im the grear great great great great grandaugther of one of the witches the Salem trivals forgot to kill. And this is my story." (What! Wait a minute, hold up! This is our story Eve not yours. Hi Im Eves twin sister Blake. This is our story. Ok, now you may proceed Eve.) "Fine. This is our story. But mostly mine."I say winking and dragging Blake away before she can protest. ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ HERE IS MY CO-AUTHOR IN THIS BOOK SERIES @Tgfer12345 WARNING: Some mild language and steamy scenes. But other than that nothing to mature for all young readers. Hope you enjoy this series. Thanks again!

When a vengeful ghost begins haunting New York's City Hall, Mayor Adam Winter has only one option left: Julius Q Bygone, Supernatural Sleuth of Shadows.

Hannah was young and naive when she married a man her father warned her not to trust. Ten years later, that man has divorced her and left her destitute. Broke and alone, she returns home to discover that her father has left her his house, his partnership, and a new mystery to solve. If Hannah wants to inherit the house and the business, she will have to abide by her father's will. The will requires that she work with Jason, her father's business partner, for ninety days. So naturally, Hannah can't help but feel drawn to the sexy partner. But, within those ninety days, she has to prove to Jason that she has what it takes to become a full-fledged detective and ready for a new beginning with him.

Four years ago, a bullet in the thigh destroyed Alexander Hinkel's chances to become a police captain. But that didn't do anything to his ability to see through a suspect's lies. On the contrary, his instincts and observations are sharper than ever. That's why his ex-colleagues still come knocking on Hinkel's door when they get stuck with investigations. In the city of Agrippa, where crime is rife, there are currently more unsolved murders than the police can handle, and Hinkel earns good money from freelance detective work. He has only one condition: He works alone. When the fiancée of a notorious drug lord, a dancer, falls to her death from the high Steyggler building one evening, everything points to it having been suicide. Hinkel, however, is not so sure of that. And he is not alone... It doesn't take much for the attractive boxing club owner, Janke Lofstat, to convince him to do a little digging. But soon the woman starts getting more and more involved in Hinkel's investigation, in spite of his best attempts to put her off. And Janke has a few secrets of her own... THE DEAD DANCER is the first in a series of short whodunit novels by well-known author Anna Emm*! It is the ideal reading matter for anyone with little time, because these shorter novels can each be read in an hour or two. * Look out for the other short novels in the HINK series!

Hunter called himself an archaeologist, but he was a modern day treasure hunter. Tiyana was a scientist devoted to her craft. They were passionate people, wholly devoted to their work. Neither of them had time for love. Neither of them could resist it when it happened. Neither of them knew that the world would need the two of them to save it from a tyrannical pre-historic overlord, his cyborg vampire paramour, and their army of mindless drudges. Dawn of the Epoch is an epic science fiction novel about dark matter, death rays, nuclear warfare, and the Large Hadron Collider, but it is also a fantasy novel about medieval warriors, alchemy, and ancient gods. Dawn of the Epoch blends fantasy with reality, bringing mythology to life today. It is also an apocalyptic thriller spanning the globe from the Pyramids of Egypt to the heart of Africa to the majesty of the Himalayas. It is an epic hybrid-genre story with intense action sequences, magic, mythology, suspenseful plot twists, countless obstacles for the protagonists to overcome, and an utterly Machiavellian supernatural villain. Testimonials: "Probably one of my favorite books I've read to date. Brilliantly complex, adoringly rendered and quizzically intense. A must read and one I plan to revisit, and share!" - Amgwatts, Wattpad Reader "This has to be one of the most original and well written novels I have had the pleasure to read, on Wattpad and in general. It was captivating, interesting, immersive and above all, fantastic. I was left in awe of the beings, history and world you created. It was never dull, dry or predicable and it was a nice change from what seems to be the ever popular teen romance with vampires or werewolves or 'bad boys that are actually romantic good boys.' In the end it was a very pleasant surprise." -IridescentLies, Wattpad Reader http://dawnoftheepoch.weebly.com

When best friends Darcy and Norah have to create a business for a school assignment, they come up with a great idea: a detective agency! Darcy loves mysteries and Norah likes helping people, so it's a perfect fit. But then their fake agency gets a real case. Someone is missing, and it's up to Darcy and Norah to take on the search. Unfortunately, there's someone else out there who doesn't want the two detectives stirring up any trouble.... With the help of hidden clues, spy gadgets, and trusted friends, can Darcy and Norah crack the case in time?

On a storm-lashed night fifteen years ago, college student Skyler vanished without a trace near the haunted woods of Dalewood. Her abandoned car was found with a flat tire, but no sign of struggle-only whispers of a mysterious house and a swan emblem etched in marble. Now, years later, a cryptic clue surfaces in the most unexpected place, pulling Jack Rossi into a cold case that has haunted the quiet town for too long. The son of a renowned FBI profiler and a sharp-minded local sleuth, Jack has inherited a relentless drive for the truth-and a gut that rarely leads him astray. As he digs deeper, Jack finds himself caught in a web of local legends, forgotten secrets, and a chilling charm surrounding the house in the woods. The emblem of the swan-once dismissed as a strange detail-proves to be the key to a mystery far darker than anyone imagined. What happened to Skyler that night? And what sinister truths lie hidden beneath the ivy-covered beauty of the house that lured her in? Some secrets don't want to be uncovered. But Jack Rossi isn't the type to walk away.

A plaza barista, an overeager city AI, and a bow-tied tabby expose a cache-drop ring using a kindness-tracking mural. Rae runs a coffee kiosk under a rain-bright canopy where the city AI (CORA) narrates everything and a tabby in a crooked bow tie keeps "finding" evidence. When the cat leads her to jewelry and data stashed around the plaza, Rae teams up with a tired-but-true security officer, a mural tech, and a courier to map the pattern hiding in plain sight. Acts of kindness light the mural; thieves use those stars as coordinates. Catching them means beating the algorithm at its own game... with a cat who won't take no for an answer.

I'm Hana, a recent university graduate starting my first job at a call center. But my life is far from ordinary. I live with my stepfather, a celebrated detective who has never failed to crack a case. The irony? This time, he's hunting the killer-and that killer is me. With a series of mysterious deaths linked to my past, I find myself tangled in a dangerous game of cat and mouse. As I navigate the call center's mundane routine, I'm also orchestrating my next move to cover my tracks. My stepfather is brilliant, but I know his methods. I must outsmart him while concealing my guilt. As the investigation unfolds, dark secrets surface, revealing the complexity of my actions and motivations. Can I stay one step ahead of the man who raised me, or will I be caught in my own web of deception?

Maya wants to become a detective, but there is a problem...She is a woman and this is 1878 Dr. Chinew's first night in his new house is disturbed by a break-in. The intruder steals nothing but leaves behind a message - Death Comes to All. Maya maintains she is not crazy, only different. Henry Camleman, the chief of Bombay Detective Agency, disagrees. He cannot think of any other reason why a (as far as he knew) reputable 21 year old woman would want to become a detective in his agency. Solving crimes in Cardim, a city teeming with crime and criminals, is fraught with danger and involves dealing with the kind of people he wouldn't imagine a woman mingling with in a thousand years. To humor the stubborn woman, however, he gives her a fairly harmless domestic case. A celebrated spiritualist claims that there are spirits in his house and Camleman wants Maya to prove otherwise. He hopes the case would keep Maya indulged in a puzzle of ghosts and spirits while keeping her safe from the grime of actual crimes. Little does Camleman know the true extent of the affair. As Maya delves deeper into the mystery, it takes her little time to uncover a web of theft, deceit, betrayal and murder which would test the skills and perseverance of the amateur detective to the fore. Will she pass the first exam of her professional career?

BOOK 1 : RELANDS CREEK HIGH THE MURDER Nicholas Andrews , a high schooler inevitably falls in love with Ophelia Clarke - the highschool heart throb. Will Nick be able to reconcile their differences and win her heart? But , what follows is a murder. Mr Jefferson , the school principal is murdered and the murderer is on the loose , lurking around the school. It is upto Nick to help restore the school in good hands and help find the murderer , will he do so? Find out.

The Dominant Motive is the first novel in the Alex Goldfinger mystery series written by Jack D. Kelly. Alex Goldfinger is an office manager/private investigator-in-training that inherits her boss's private investigation firm. Overnight she goes from office manager to private investigator. Alex's first solo case is to locate a man suspected of killing his wife twenty years earlier.

Small-town lies. Big-time twists... What's a jaded bartender to do when her imprisoned brother begs her to delve into their father's old murder conviction? How about peel back the lies, upend the fairy tales, and roil the populace of Lavitte-a sweet apple of a town with a wormy, festering core? That's what Allison Fennimore chooses. Despite her infamous surname and people's wilted memories, Allison sinks her teeth in and refuses to let go. She can practically taste the bitterness of that long-ago, twisted night when two teenagers-linked to her father by bad luck and a few strands of rope-wound up dead. Ignoring the aggrieved local atmosphere, Allison stirs the pot, but every exposed lie makes the truth more elusive. Soon, a key source of information dies under questionable circumstances, and the dark edges of resentment coil around Allison like a slowly tightening noose. As revelations get ugly, she may wish she'd never ventured toward the forbidden fruit of truth.