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Detective for Dummies

Reads 48
Votes 12
Parts 7
Time 35m

Reads 48
Votes 12
Parts 7
Time 35m

Sutton Vale is a broke college student with zero detective skills. until a staged mystery for a YouTube video accidentally makes her internet famous as a private investigator. Now, real clients are showing up, expecting her to solve their problems. With the help of her best friend, a grumpy law student, and a conspiracy-obsessed hacker, Sutton must fake her way through missing cats, blackmail schemes, and actual crimes. But when a real mystery turns deadly, she'll have to decide if she's in over her head... or if she just might be good at this detective thing after all.

Main Characters

Sutton Vale (20): A broke, sarcastic, and slightly chaotic college student who accidentally becomes a detective. She's smart but relies mostly on bluffing and luck.

Ivy Calloway (21): Sutton's best friend and a media studies major. Runs a YouTube channel and is the mastermind behind the original fake mystery.

Lennox "Knox" Mercer (22): A grumpy but brilliant law student who unwillingly becomes Sutton's legal consultant.

Archer Flynn (24): A real private investigator who is amused by Sutton's antics and occasionally helps her out.

Mila Vesper (19): A hacker and conspiracy theorist who insists on helping Sutton solve cases.

Professor Orion Wolfe (50s): A mysterious criminology professor who seems to know more than he lets on.

Detective Easton Rhys (30s): A local cop who keeps running into Sutton and is suspicious of her "detective" skills.

Cassian "Cass" Reyes (22): Sutton's ex-boyfriend, now a journalist, who keeps trying to get the inside scoop on her cases.

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This story is a work of fiction. Any references to real-life brands, celebrities, or media are purely for creative purposes and do not imply any affiliation, endorsement, or factual accuracy. All characters and events are fictional, and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. No copyright or trademark infringement is intended.All Rights Reserved

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ECHO OF US [COMPLETED]

ECHO OF US [COMPLETED] Some love don't fade... they echo. At Pinecrest University, where privilege rules and secrets fester behind designer sunglasses, Vivienne Everhart is trying to piece her life back together _ after Alex, her first and only love, died in a fire that shattered her world. But then came Luca Salvatore-the new Italian transfer student who drives a Bugatti, shuts down every room with a single stare, and speaks only when necessary... usually to insult someone. He's everything Alex wasn't: cold, unreadable, emotionally unavailable. And yet... Somehow, terrifyingly familiar. He knows how she takes her coffee. He says her secret nickname like he's always known it. He makes her heart race in a rhythm she swore she buried with Alex. One drunken party. One brutal dare. Three months of fake dating. Vivienne is suddenly living in Luca's absurdly luxurious penthouse dorm, forced to play girlfriend to a guy who may or may not be someone she's already loved-and lost. As tension sparks and emotions boil, Vivienne is torn between heartbreak and something terrifyingly close to hope.... she starts to question everything. Because Luca isn't just anyone. He's too much like someone she used to know. But Vivienne isn't the only one drowning in emotional chaos. Her best friend Cassie James-the confident, sassy girl who swore off loveis being tormented daily by Damon Blackwell: Pinecrest most infuriatingly hot playboy. He teases, pranks, and gets under her skin like no one else. But what Cassie doesn't know? Her mysterious online admirerthe one who calls her beautiful at 2 a.m and understands her heart better than anyone __ has been Damon all along. And the day she finds out might just break his heart... and hers. Two love stories. One Stolen heartbeat. A hundred unanswered questions. What if the one person who could heal you... is the one who shouldn't exist?