Historias de Whodunit

What happened to The Phillips Girl? People have been asking questions about a little girl for twenty-five years...an innocent child in a yellow coat who vanished without a trace...who had no idea what was going to happen to her. Lots of secrets lie beneath the surface of the old money, culture, and elegance of Ashbourne, the capital of Leoria. There are years of mysteries, resentments, and grief hidden in its heart. Did the Phillips family really get destroyed by the Salvatores and the Ryders? Maybe...Maybe not. The history might be a lot more complicated. And when a group of young people starts searching for answers...they find each other instead and begin to fall for people they were never supposed to love. Because the heart doesn't really follow logic or convenience, right? When their families have spent decades hating each other, can love and friendship change a path built on hatred? Author's Note: This story is set in the fictional country of Leoria. While some aspects of its culture and geography may resemble real-world places, Leoria is entirely fictional. Warning: Contains occasional swearing and suggestive themes. Recommended for ages 13+. Image Credits: All images belong to their respective owners and creators. Used solely for aesthetic visualisation of characters, settings, and story themes. Happy reading. 💛💚 Multiple-time #1 in Original Fiction 🏆 Multiple-time #1 in Whodunit 🏆

The Ninth Name One invitation. Eight guests. A mansion that should have remained abandoned. One year after the mysterious death of Adrian Blackwood, eight former college friends are invited back to Blackwood Manor. No host. No explanation. Only one rule. Stay until the truth is revealed. As old memories begin to resurface, trust slowly turns into suspicion. Every room hides a secret. Every person hides a lie. And when the first murder shatters the silence, one question echoes through the manor... Was the killer waiting for them... or waiting because of them? In Blackwood Manor, nothing is as it seems. Some truths are buried. Some are erased. And some names... ...should never be spoken.

At Warren Ville High, popularity is everything. Jessica Carter and Lila Sanchez used to rule the school-until one anonymous message told Jessica something that ruined their friendship. Now the halls are filled with rumors, betrayals, and dangerous mind games as a mysterious account known only as "The One Who Knows" begins Watching people and posting stuff about them. No one knows who's behind the account. Not the popular girls. Not the teachers. Not even the people closest to them. As friendships start twisting, and the drama spirals out of control, one question keeps everyone awake at night: Who is The One Who Knows? A dramatic high school mystery filled with twists, Mystery, and gossip, Can you guess who the one who knows is?

Buong buhay niya, natuto siyang manahimik, magpaubaya, at sumabay sa agos. Pagpasok niya sa kolehiyo, bago ang lahat. Bagong paaralan. Bagong mga tao. Maaaring oportunidad sa bagong buhay. Habang ipinagpapatuloy niya ang kaniyang buhay bilang isang ordinaryong estudyante, unti-unting nabubuo ang mga tanong na nagsisimula sa "bakit". ********** I lied. No. I am lying. Aren't I? I love proving you wrong. Or do you?

Baryn always felt disconnected from reality, plagued by strange daydreams and an unsettling feeling that she didn't belong in her luxurious life. When her parents are exposed in a nationwide scandal, forcing her to abandon her mansion, she discovers those daydreams were actually warnings. When a mysterious, gruesome death claims the life of a call center girl, Baryn is pulled into a dark web of secrets. The whispers are always with her, and the truth is about to unfold.

Evelyn Marr is dead. That is the only thing everyone agrees on. But Iris Vale starts receiving messages that shouldn't exist, from someone who shouldn't be able to send them. "You remember the lake, don't you?" The problem isn't just the messages. It's Elias Mercer. Quiet. Untouchable. Watching Iris like he already knows what happened at Holloway Lake. And every time she gets closer to the truth, he's there. Like he's waiting for her to remember something she was never supposed to forget. Because the truth feels less like something Iris is discovering... and more like something being reconstructed.

Dear Murderer They say blood is thicker than water. But in Oakridge City, secrets run even deeper. When Oakridge City's golden girl is found dead, all fingers point to my brother. To save him, I have to expose the city's darkest secrets-or become the next target Seventeen-year-old Damisa "Damie" Brick is perfectly content blending into the background. In a family of high-achievers-featuring a model mother, a politician grandfather, and a star-athlete brother-Damie feels completely average, mostly sticking to her routine and staying out of the spotlight. But her quiet life is shattered the morning her school's group chat explodes with terrifying news: Tia Merry, the student body chair and her brother Drake's ex-girlfriend, has been found dead near the woods. Even worse? Drake is the prime suspect. As the police close in and paparazzi surround their estate, Damie receives a cryptic text message from an anonymous number: I know who killed her. Meet me tomorrow at 9 PM. Driven by a desperate need to save her brother and finally prove her worth, Damie decides to step out of the shadows and play detective. But the deeper she dives into the mystery, the more dangerous the game becomes. Surrounded by tight-lipped friends, hidden motives, and a masked delivery boy leaving warning notes on her doorstep, Damie realizes someone is watching her every move. In a city built on flawless reputations and dark secrets, trust is a luxury she can't afford-especially when the real killer might be closer than she ever imagined. part of seductive love. please at least read till ch 3 before dropping if you were planning to .that's when things become interesting

25-year-old Grace Avery is a stunning woman working as a detective/investigator. Due to her looks, she often gets sexist remarks from her colleagues, seen only as an object of praise and beauty rather than a fellow detective. Annoyed and frustrated, she goes to an old friend for help and assistance, asking for a partner who doesn't care about her looks and has the brains to work with her, to which she learns that there is a person who could help her, the problem lays in the fact that, that person is the very same man who Grace knew and hated in high school, Basil M. House. Will Grace continue to hate his guts? Is Basil the same man whom Grace knew in High school? And will their relationship change? This is a reimagining of Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Besides being a reimagining, it's also a composite of different mystery stories and movies that I loved, so don't be surprised if some of the cases or puzzles look familiar. Apologies for the grammar mistakes:( Really enjoyed writing this:) This story is also on royal road

#LTPS Epistolary Story Told through diary entries, letters, text messages, emails, social media posts, and police reports, this epistolary novel combines romance and mystery as two strangers uncover a deadly secret hidden behind a series of messages. Si Seraphina Elise Laurent ay isang estudyanteng may matayog na pangarap sa buhay. Nagsusumikap siya upang makapasok sa isang prestihiyosong paaralan. Nang sa wakas ay natupad ang kaniyang pangarap, hindi saya o lungkot ang kaniyang naramdaman-kundi takot. May isang hindi kilalang numero na palaging nagte-text sa kaniya. Walang palya. At sa tuwing may natatanggap siyang mensahe, may isang taong namamatay. Habang pilit niyang binubuo ang misteryong nakatago sa likod ng mga mensahe, isang tao ang unti-unting nagiging bahagi ng kaniyang buhay-at ng imbestigasyon. Sino ang nasa likod ng mga mensaheng ito? At bakit tila itinuturo ng lahat ng ebidensya ang isang taong hindi niya kayang pagdudahan? Kapag ang pag-ibig ang naging pangunahing suspek, sino ang paniniwalaan mo?

'Did you ever notice? Your names spell the word DEATH.' Life itself is a big mystery. You never know when it will end. But when you get a sniff of death approaching, will you be able to escape fate, or will you have no choice but to fall into its embrace? Slowly, they start to notice what's amiss after Alicia was almost welcomed by death. Live or die, those are the only outcomes of a game that was triggered to start again. And it's up to them to uncover who's playing the Grim Reaper - and whose life will be taken next. Genre: Psychological, Mystery/Thriller, Drama, Romance Language: Taglish

In the small town of Delmore, a raging wildfire begins on the night of 14th November when the small town's sweet heart Alishka Malhotra is found dead by the beach. While her friends and foes mourn her death, they also breathe a sigh of relief. That is until they start getting cryptic notes, threatening to unravel their darkest secrets. And the 8 players have no choice but to play a twisted game the never signed up for. They weren't supposed to get tangled in the web of lies that they once built to escape their messy past. They weren't supposed to get involved with the death of the utterly vile HBIC. But you know what they say, right? Things don't always work the way we want them to. Just ask Alishka.

Sixteen murders. Eight years. And now, Briar and her twin are next. When their parents, the king and queen of Astralis, are assassinated, the twins are sent into hiding-but danger follows them. Chased by relentless armies, betrayed by allies, and haunted by a killer who might be closer than anyone suspects, survival isn't enough. As kingdoms burn and secrets unravel, one question remains: who can they trust... before it's too late? New Chapters every Friday!!

Four months ago my best friend went off Widow's Step and the whole town agreed to call it a choice. I never did. Then, on the night Juno should have turned eighteen, my phone lit up with a number that stopped existing in March. don't let them tell you it was the water. I thought it was a prank. Then I found out Cass Rhee was getting them too - the boy everyone says killed her. His messages are the other half of mine. Neither of us can read them alone. So we started following them. Through her locker. Through the flooded cannery. Through a report somebody paid a lot of money to lose. And somewhere between the ninth text and the tenth, they changed. They stopped telling me what Juno knew. They started telling me what I was doing. Right then. In that room. Dead girls don't text back. Which means somebody very much alive has her phone - and now they have my number too. ⚠ Mature: grief, death, violence. No explicit content. 🏷 #mystery #thriller #enemiestolovers #slowburn #smalltown

There's been a murder. The mysterious man beside her might know why. Falling for him was never part of the investigation. ----------- Princess Lumina was supposed to survive the Golden Ball with her dignity intact. Instead, a nobleman ends up dead with a cake knife in his chest. Now Lumi is stuck investigating a murder her mother desperately wants forgotten, alongside an eccentric inspector, a rebel knight with a talent for treason, and a peacock who contributes absolutely nothing. The deeper Lumi digs, the worse it gets. Blackmail. Secret deals. A rebellion that may not be what Solaris claims it is. And enough royal corruption to make murder at a ball seem almost tasteful. And at the center of it all is Blackthorn, the rebel knight everyone insists she should fear. The trouble is, he may be the only person in Solaris who has never lied to her. Finding Lord Alaric's killer was supposed to be the difficult part. Instead, Lumi finds herself uncovering everything her family buried to keep the kingdom beautiful. Which would be easier to ignore if she weren't expected to inherit it.

DEALT Guess who's the killer? Everyone gets a card. Every card has a purpose. Every purpose has a consequence. Veyra never thought a simple invitation would change her life. One ordinary Saturday morning, she receives a message from an unknown number. YOU HAVE BEEN SELECTED. Six hours later, she finds herself inside an unfamiliar building with dozens of other people, all trapped around tables with nothing but a deck of cards in front of them. There are no spectators. There are no observers. Only players. At first, Veyra thinks the cards are nothing more than roles in a game. The King. The Queen. The Ace. The Jack. The Joker. But she soon discovers that the cards don't simply tell them who they are. They decide what happens to them. Numbers determine the severity. Suits determine the consequence. And every mistake comes with a price. They are given five rounds to identify the Spy. The Ace must find the truth. The Spy must remain hidden. The Joker must deceive them all. And whoever makes the wrong guess will pay the price. But as the games continue, Veyra begins noticing something far more terrifying than the punishments. Someone knows the game. Someone knows the rules. And someone has been waiting for them to arrive. Because this isn't the first time DEALT has been played. And it won't end until the deck is empty. So tell me... If you were dealt a card, would you play your role or rewrite the rules?

Ten influencers. One isolated island. No signal. No escape. When ten high-profile content creators arrive for an exclusive retreat at the remote Blackwood Basin Lodge, the silence is immediate. The staff is nowhere to be found, leaving the sprawling timber estate eerily deserted. Before anyone can demand answers, the main power line is severed. Cut off from the mainland with zero cell signal, ten strangers find themselves trapped inside a dark, freezing estate. While panic takes over the group, Jade-a wildlife educator accustomed to reading subtle shifts in her environment-begins to notice the small, unsettling details that suggest this blackout was no accident. The lodge's isolation is entirely deliberate, and the ten of them were brought to this empty island for a reason. As past scandals bleed into the present, the line between victim and killer blurs. Someone has staged the ultimate locked-room nightmare-and they aren't letting anyone off the island alive.

Escolta did not become more dangerous. It became more careful. In Volume II, the crimes still takes pride in not announcing itself with violence or chaos. But with familiarity and uncertainty. They hide inside schedules, offices, meetings, friendly smiles, and homes that looked perfectly ordinary. A meeting scheduled too neatly. A compensation overdue. A recognition of a sin long thought buried and forgotten. Bureau 5 returns to investigate cases where - habits become weapons, loyalty are mistaken for connivance, and silence is deliberately maintained until it becomes fatal. These are not crimes of passion. They are crimes of patience. Set in 1960s Manila, The Quiet Crimes of Escolta - Volume II continues the cozy-noir mystery series where deduction relies on human behavior, not spectacle - and where the most dangerous lies are the ones that sound reasonable and normal. Too normal. Escolta is still warm. Still familiar. Still alive. Which is exactly why these crimes are harder to see. Stay observant. Stay kind. And above all - stay on time. CASE FILES INCLUDED: [Case 004] The Ruthless Comrade [Case 005] The Delayed Reckoning

The woman upstairs disappeared three days ago. No goodbye. No explanation. No sign that she ever left. The police aren't worried. The neighbors aren't asking questions. But Lena Hart is. Because every night since the woman vanished, Lena hears footsteps coming from the apartment above hers. Someone is walking. Back and forth. Every night. Except the apartment upstairs is locked. And according to the police, no one has been inside since the woman disappeared. Lena knows what she's hearing. She also knows that someone is lying. The closer she gets to the truth, the more she realizes the woman's disappearance may not be the only mystery in the building. Because sometimes the person you're looking for... is closer than you think.

-𝑺𝑪𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑴- "Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, that's life." - A revision of the iconic Scream film series told from the perspective of Sherri Prescott, Sidney Prescott's younger sister. "Secrets. We all have them." One year after the brutal murder of Sherri and Sidney's mother, old wounds begin to reopen-and the truth they thought they knew about their family starts to unravel. As Sherri and Sidney dig deeper into their mother's past, they uncover secrets that were never meant to see the light of day. But while they search for answers, a new killer begins hunting them. Friendships are tested. New bonds are formed. Old secrets are exposed. And trust becomes a matter of life and death. Because in Woodsboro, everybody has something to hide. And EVERYBODY is a suspect. - **1996 → 2023** 🔪 Scream - 1996 ✅ 🔪 Scream 2 - 1997 ❌ 🔪 Scream 3 - 2000 ❌ 🔪 Scream 4 - 2011 ❌ 🔪 Scream - 2022 ❌ 🔪 Scream VI* - 2023 ❌

Arthur Blackwood has always been fascinated by cases that seem impossible to solve. When Arthur and his assistant, Grace Morgan, travel to London to visit the Ashford family, they expect nothing more than a quiet evening among old friends. They couldn't have been more wrong. One night, Richard Ashford is found dead inside his own home under mysterious circumstances. There are no obvious signs of forced entry. No one admits to seeing anything. And every member of the household has an alibi. But Arthur notices something the others don't. Something is wrong. As he begins to investigate, long-buried secrets slowly emerge. Old grudges, hidden affairs, financial troubles and lies begin to surface, revealing that Richard Ashford may have had far more enemies than anyone realized. Everyone has a motive. Everyone has a secret. And one of them is a murderer. But the deeper Arthur and Grace delve into the Ashford family's past, the more they begin to suspect that Richard's death was only the beginning. Because some secrets are meant to stay buried. And one of them is the last secret.