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Bad Break: A Novel

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Parts 76
Time 7h 53m

TheJamesBurnett

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Blake Wilson is accustomed to plucking nerves. He's young. He's Black. He rarely bites his tongue. And he's a dogged newspaper reporter who lives by the mantra of comforting the afflicted and afflicting the comfortable.

But when he catches a brutal murder story that threatens to ignite racial and political tensions in his beloved Chicago, Wilson quickly realizes the story is not what it seems and must race to solve the crime in a way the police can't before all hell breaks loose and he and people he cares about are hurt...or worse.

If that isn't enough, Wilson finds himself tempted by the potential fame of a salacious story that could distract from the justice his murder victims are due and put his career in jeopardy.All Rights Reserved

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Lies Left Unsaid by B_Ander

"The fact that I was murdered didn't come as a surprise; it was the fact that it hadn't happened sooner which shocked me." High school senior, Caitlyn Coates, has everything going for her; she's beautiful, brilliant and rich. With just a month until graduation, and her acceptance to Yale confirmed, she should be celebrating, but that's a little hard to do, seeing as how she's...dead. All that remains of Highland Park High's most popular student is her pinky finger, a clump of hair and a red silk thong. The disappearance of the wealthy teen girl with the bright future has sent shock waves through Highland Park, an upscale suburb of Chicago. It's up to hard-headed police force veteran, Detective Brandon, to unravel the truth. But in a town where everyone has a secret to keep and a motive for murder, solving Caitlyn's case will be filled with challenges, including a new rookie partner and the constant media attention due to the nation's obsession over all the morbid details surrounding Caitlyn's demise. Told from each character's point of view (including the deceased), the mystery surrounding Caitlyn Coates' murder may be just as mysterious as Caitlyn herself. It appears, in Highland Park, the truth is seldom what it seems. As Detective Brandon gets closer and closer to solving the case, he realizes that the most dangerous type of lie isn't the one that is told, but the one left unsaid.

Dark Secrets by WhisperingFingertips

I should not have survived. I escaped the monster who had taken my best friend's life, and yet, here I was, still trapped by the lingering nightmare, even after eight years. His image and memory haunt me, and I can't shake the feeling that he's still lurking out there, somewhere, biding his time. As fate wasn't done with me yet, when my co-worker disappeared and then found - mirrored the same way as my best friend was murdered all those years ago, I suddenly became a key figure in yet another murder investigation. As if my life weren't complicated enough, I found myself inexplicably drawn to the detective assigned to the case, as does he, and now we are racing against the clock to find the murderer before he finds me. We all have secrets; some are just darker than others.

Burnt Blood: The Werewolf Within by Demon_Wolf_Detective

His best friend is shot dead, and the world thinks Metropolitan Police Officer George Reynolds did it. They were in the one place that should've been safe, their police station. At least it was until aspiring detective George Reynolds came lucid from another blackout. Blood pools tantalisingly across the floor and there's two bullet holes in the wall. His best friend, officer Chris Wells is dead and George finds himself with the body and no memory of how. Only a tape recorder and a locker key for a clue. It's a dangerous game, from a lifetime of planning, rigged to make George look guilty and force him to remember what he really is and what he went through as a child. A pure born werewolf. Kidnapped from his real family to be experimented on. George gets dangled on strings by the killer puppet master and taken on a haunting journey never to be forgotten again. Made to relive the past trauma of a tragic fire that took the lives of the family that tortured him. Bodies continue to fall, all framed to fit the murderous narrative of an elaborate plot for revenge. When he finally remembers, when he's finally broken, another unique side to George wakes. So does a dark new world from the shadows. George learns the painful truth, and none of it is good. Nobody saw the real killer coming or expected that it could be someone they trusted. It will take everything George has to save his friends, new and old. Nobody will be the same. Nor will their view of the world. Its rife with the supernatural. **** Cover made on Canva Pro. [[word count: 114,000 words]] Warning Contains Murder, blood, demons, satanic worship, down-to-earth werewolf/demon wolf, guns, dead bodies, and talk of foster care may trigger. Ghosts. Tormenting nightmares.

Love and Revenge (Complete) by writersblockcentral

Annie Bloom is an average girl. She's in college, has a best friend, works, and studies. Yet one day she finds herself attacked, hospitalized, and nearly killed. Her best friend, Will, is certain it has to do with the guy she just started dating. Is Will jealous? Could her new boyfriend be involved? Or is it someone else entirely? Annie must find out quickly because every day could be her last. *** I could feel nothing but the pain. I felt every hit in excruciating detail with each erratic, painful heartbeat as my world became reduced to a series of agony. I struggled to breath through the broken ribs that constricted my airflow like a two-ton concrete slab had fallen on me. The blood from the blows to my head rolled down my face in waves. My arm was twisted at an impossible angle, yet I couldn't scream because my mouth would not open. I could feel the kicks coming at me from all directions, and as I received another one to the head I knew this was the end for me and my heartbeat slowed. The stab wound was bleeding too much for me to survive. When they left me for dead my eyes began to droop and the last thing I saw through fuzzy tunnel-like sight was a man running towards me before one final rattling breath coursed through my broken body and my heart stopped beating.

|1| The Flora Felony |EDITING| by flyingaway15

|<>| "You and I are used to dealing with mysteries that live on the page." "There are no bad guys. There are just complicated people who did bad things." "I've got enough crime fact in my life. I don't need to read about it." |<>| When crime fiction and MONK nut Alex Walker stumbles upon a missing persons case on her college campus, she is determined to prove to the police department in her small hometown of Brenker, Washington that her discoveries are legitimate. She will do whatever it takes to persuade them, including finding the victim she knows is in danger. Enter Tyler Burns - the mysterious new detective intern with no knowledge of the world that Alex and her companions live in - the world of fictional mystery. He is tall dark and handsome, but with that order comes a side of stubborn, doubtful, and inquisitive. When their worlds collide, the two are forced together to find their vanished victim, but who knows how complicated that will get. But the real question is not whether the victim is found, nor how Alex and Tyler will manage to find them without getting killed - or killing each other. The real question, the only one that matters, the one that has fueled crime fiction - one of the most successful genres in history - is really quite simple. Whodunnit? |<>|

Cold Blooded by Babynie__

Jamal Anderson , is a retired hustler from drug trafficking . His only motive was to satisfy and please his first love , Ronnie but things starts to get tough when temptation comes between them along with secrets that will tear him apart . Karma bites him hard and doesn't know what route to go . Liberty Hamilton grew up with a sense of how life would be like I'm the streets . Without knowing her mother , her father raised her while educating her about drugs . When she got older , her feign for those drugs intensified causing her to do whatever she needed to get what she wanted . Her love for drugs is only neutral but her love for money is stronger than ever . Ronnie, learns the ropes the hard way after losing her family to tragic events and going through a traumatic life. The only person she trust and allows to protect her is her one and only love Jamal, but her insecurities and self struggles seems to run him away. All she wants is a real family and no heart aching pain.

VENGEANCE by ELPaige001

Michelle Wilson has an uncanny ability. She can see into the mind of a killer so deeply that she begins to lose herself. While scary, this strange ability allows her to catch those she is after and bring them to justice. Cases run normally as a homicide detective until Michelle has a run in with a dead body that was found a bit close to home in more ways than one. As the bodies begin to pile up Michelle works with her once fiance, and fellow detective, Gavin Foster to solve a string of murders designed to bring her closer to the killer as he plans his revenge. Love is sparked, murders abound, and nothing is what it seems.

The Killer Fix by CharlieOakree

**Featured on Wattpad's official YAMystery page!** **Previously featured on Wattpad's official StoriesUndiscovered page!** "The satisfied look on his face, grinning as he leans forward, observing her, tells Riley exactly what she had expected; arrogance. He's won, and he knows it." ____________________________________________ When Carrie Clemens disappears her family is left in a panic. Then suddenly she resurfaces two days later, with no recollection of what happened to her. Or any other memories for that matter. Her younger sister Riley, angry and desperate as the police prove useless, decides to take matters into her own hands. But now she is forced to return to a life she ran away from, and face an old love she had left behind. Soon she realizes her sister's abductor is now targeting her. And with secrets from her past weighing on her, will she be able to fend off both a guilty conscience and a psychotic killer? Beginning the hunt for her mysterious new adversary, while navigating through the toxic environment of drugs and money her friends call home, she finds aid in someone she never thought she'd see alive again. And risks falling for a dangerous man on his way down a dark road. In her search for the truth, she has no idea the answers she'll find will change her life forever. Until it's too late to turn back. A story about chasing killers, substance abuse, dysfunctional families, life changing secrets, and love under unexpected circumstances. *********************************** Achievements: 🥇 1st Place in The Lotus Awards 🥉 3rd Place in The Mono Four Awards 🥉 3rd Place in The Dark Nova Awards 🥉 3rd Place in The Cherry Blossom Awards 🥉 3rd Place in The Wings Of Ignis Awards 🥉 3rd Place in The Siren Awards All 20 parts released, story completed. Amazing cover created by @vertigo_moon, check out her graphic shop Midnight!

The Egg at Dumstreet by RainerSalt

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Get Out If You Can by walushaaf

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"The fact that I was murdered didn't come as a surprise; it was the fact that it hadn't happened sooner which shocked me." High school senior, Caitlyn Coates, has everything going for her; she's beautiful, brilliant and rich. With just a month until graduation, and her acceptance to Yale confirmed, she should be celebrating, but that's a little hard to do, seeing as how she's...dead. All that remains of Highland Park High's most popular student is her pinky finger, a clump of hair and a red silk thong. The disappearance of the wealthy teen girl with the bright future has sent shock waves through Highland Park, an upscale suburb of Chicago. It's up to hard-headed police force veteran, Detective Brandon, to unravel the truth. But in a town where everyone has a secret to keep and a motive for murder, solving Caitlyn's case will be filled with challenges, including a new rookie partner and the constant media attention due to the nation's obsession over all the morbid details surrounding Caitlyn's demise. Told from each character's point of view (including the deceased), the mystery surrounding Caitlyn Coates' murder may be just as mysterious as Caitlyn herself. It appears, in Highland Park, the truth is seldom what it seems. As Detective Brandon gets closer and closer to solving the case, he realizes that the most dangerous type of lie isn't the one that is told, but the one left unsaid.