Whodunnit Stories

Just finished Holmes Is Missing by James Patterson & Brian Sitts, and I have questions. Why call it "Holmes Is Missing" when he's barely gone? Bleak plot, uneven pacing, characters I couldn't connect with. 3 stars. Read book one first or you'll be lost. Full review on the blog.

Cassandra Blake thought the biggest challenge at Willowcombe's Harvest Festival would be beating the reigning baking champion. She was wrong. A renowned historian staggers into the village hall, warns everyone not to eat her lemon tarts... and dies seconds later. When an ancient parchment found in his hand bears the chilling words "Blake Knows the Truth," Cassandra becomes the center of a murder investigation she never saw coming. With a handsome but frustrating academic determined to uncover Willowcombe's hidden past, anonymous threats arriving at her bakery, and secrets buried for centuries beneath the picturesque seaside village, Cassandra must discover why someone believes she holds the key to a deadly mystery. Because the killer isn't finished. And the closer Cassandra gets to the truth, the more certain she becomes that the next victim will be her. Cozy Mystery | Dark Academia | Slow Burn Romance | Amateur Sleuth | British Village Mystery

Brookline is a simple, peaceful town, where nothing bad ever happens, or so they thought. Friends and family start missing, and bodies start dropping. The bond between four best friends: Harper, Lydia, Karmen, and Indi, is tested as they confront the chilling mystery lurking beneath Brookline's perfect surface. In a place where everyone knows everyone, trust becomes dangerous, and surviving may mean sacrificing everything. Some shadows hide in even the brightest towns.

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. When their families have spent decades hating each other, can love and friendship change a path built on hatred? 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. Updates regularly. Happy reading. 💛💚 #1 in originalfiction on 16 April, 2026 #1 in originalfiction on 26 July, 2026 #1 in originalfiction on 09 August, 2026 #1 in originalfiction on 10 August, 2026 #1 in originalfiction on 15 August, 2026

A story based on the mysterious disappearance of a young news anchor from Mason City, IA

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?

After eight years of unsolved murders, a new victim is found with the same disturbing signature left behind by a killer the police thought had disappeared for good. Detective Elliot Graves, a strict but sarcastic detective with years of experience, is assigned to the case alongside Vivienne Mercer, a determined new detective eager to prove herself. As they work together to uncover the truth, their constant tension slowly turns into something neither of them expected, while dangerous suspects, and a killer who always seems one step ahead begin closing in around them. Will they find out who?

YES GUYS, I HAVE ANOTHER ONE!! About the well-loved canon character Astro and his twin sister (my OC) Monni, this story is a comedic whodunnit that GardenView gets dragged into when one morning Monni mysteriously doesn't wake up. ANYWAY read it if you like Dandy's World and murder mysteries! :)

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

Her secret admirer promised to love her forever. He kept his word. Sixteen-year-old Charlotte Benedict wants her secret admirer to leave her alone. The endless calls, the unwanted gifts, the public promposal. Lover-boy is desperate to take their online fling out of the DMs and into the real world. But when Charlotte cuts him off, he refuses to let go. And when racy videos of her frenemies start circulating on campus, all fingers point to her. Their love story has gone wrong, and if Charlotte doesn't act fast, her virtual prince will become a real-life monster. Seventeen-year-old Eden Montgomery just wants to survive junior year. Then her rival Charlotte disappears, and the missing girl's body turns up in the trunk of her brother's car. Guilty until proven innocent, Eden's family is dragged into a police investigation with her brother named the key suspect. Eden knows he's no killer. But with the police convinced and the media circling, she has no choice but to hunt down the truth herself. Before her brother stands trial. Before she becomes the killer's next victim. A dual POV mystery.

Once Midtown's "perfect" student, Verity Tate's life shattered when her best friend was murdered and her father, NYPD Detective George Tate, was framed for the crime scene leak. Overnight, she went from the popular girl dating Flash Thompson to a social pariah, "cancelled" by her peers and left with nothing but a grudge. After a freak accident with radioactive substances grants her enhanced intuition, a jaded and cynical Verity joins her father's new firm, Tate Investigations. While solving the gritty cases of blackmail and fraud that plague the students of Queens, she sets her sights on a new target: Spider-Man. To Verity, he isn't a hero; he's a reckless vigilante with a Stark-funded god complex whose irresponsibility causes the very collateral damage she's forced to clean up. With her new allies Peter and Ned by her side, Verity is determined to hold the mask accountable-unaware that the "irresponsible" hero she hates is closer than she ever imagined. NOTE: Verity Tate's fancast is Natalia Dyer, known as Nancy Wheeler from Stranger Things. P.S. The fanfiction is inspired by Veronica Mars. You don't have to watch Veronica Mars.

Hold on tight for an exhilarating adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat! Join Ava and Emma as they plunge into the depths of a perplexing mystery surrounding the baffling disappearance of their dear friend, Alex. As they delve deeper into their investigation, they stumble upon a labyrinth of hidden truths and unexpected turns that will leave you breathless. Can they untangle the web of secrets before it's too late? Prepare to be captivated from the very first page as you embark on this gripping journey of suspense, friendship, and the relentless pursuit of the unknown. Get ready for a thrilling ride that will keep you hooked until the very end!

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

Book 01 of 'the murder' series Everyone arrived at Devgarh Palace to celebrate a wedding. Not everyone left with the truth. When Dr. Vedang Ranavat is found dead just hours before he is meant to say "I do," an elite investigative unit uncovers a web of lies where no one is innocent, every confession is incomplete, and every secret points to the wrong suspect. Seven secrets. Seven vows. One murder. The last revelation won't just expose the killer... It will change everything you thought you knew.

Theo Alvarez writes murder mysteries. His readers praise the realism. His publisher calls him a genius. Then one morning, the police discover a body. The crime scene is identical to the chapter he uploaded at midnight. Every detail. Every wound. Every ending. Coincidence becomes impossible when it happens again. And again. Somewhere in the city, someone is turning Theo's fiction into reality. Or perhaps... Reality has been writing through him all along. Meanwhile, a man without a name leaves no fingerprints, no witnesses, and no mercy. The newspapers call him a ghost. The police call him a myth. He has never feared being found. Until he reads a novel that already knows what he's about to do. One writes murder. One commits it. Neither knows who found who first. Updates at midnight. Read with the lights on.

Catarina Gallagher has spent twenty-one years dreaming of a life beyond the small Irish town she calls home. When an unexpected opportunity takes her across the Atlantic, Cat leaves Ireland behind and begins a new life in America. But freedom doesn't last long. When tragedy strikes her family, Detective Noah Thompson is drawn into a case that quickly becomes far more personal than he expected. With a killer still at large and questions surrounding the events that led to the murder, Noah and Cat are forced to confront secrets that someone is desperate to keep buried. The deeper they dig, the more dangerous the truth becomes. Because someone knows what happened. And they'll do anything to make sure Cat never finds out.

He reads the dead by the rhythm of what's missing. Thaddeus Vane was a poet once. Now he reads crime scenes the way he once read verse-by meter, by caesura, by the single letter that never made it to the page. When Bow Street calls him to a printing house where a man lies dead beside an unfinished line, Vane doesn't search for fingerprints. He listens for the beat beneath a widow's grief, the broken rhythm of a boy who cannot finish a sentence, the silence where a consonant should be. Every case is a new page. Every page, half-written. In his pocket, a reversed letter he will never correct. Across from his desk, a second chair no one will ever fill. The ink is still wet. The next line hasn't been set.

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.

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?

When the spring thaw uncovers a body frozen inside a mountain drainage culvert, the quiet town of Stoneveil, Colorado faces its first murder in over a decade. The victim is Cody Rennick-a local mechanic missing since November, preserved with chilling precision and surrounded by evidence that points everywhere at once. Ex-cop Galen Voss is pulled out of retirement to consult on what looks like a straightforward homicide. It isn't. Someone killed Cody Rennick, staged his body for discovery, and designed the investigation that would follow-planting false trails, watching from the shadows, and staying exactly one step ahead. The killer isn't hiding. They're watching. And Stoneveil has been keeping secrets far older and far larger than one man's death.