Whodunit Stories

This story takes place in the small but rapidly Growing college town of Blackridge, Oregon a place trying to rebrand itself as a "true crime tourism" Hotspot after a string of unsolved murders in the 90's. Podcast, campus tours and Documentary Crews have turned trauma into entertainment.

By sunrise, the queen was dead. They found Chloe Monroe's body behind the football bleachers-her signature pink nails caked with dirt, her phone shattered beside her like glass promises. The police said it was murder. The students said it was karma. At Crescent High, Chloe wasn't just popular-she was power wrapped in perfume and cruelty. The kind of girl who smiled at you just before she ruined your life. She could make someone disappear from the social food chain with a single rumor, and she loved doing it. But beneath the perfect hair, the designer bags, and the fake apologies, Chloe had built herself an army of enemies. Everyone had a story, a reason, a scar. A girl she exposed. A boy she humiliated. A friend she betrayed. A teacher she made loose his job. So when word spread that she was gone, nobody cried. Not really. They whispered. They speculated. Some even smiled. Because in Crescent High, everyone hated Chloe Monroe. The only mystery left- was who hated her enough to kill her. ★.·.·.·.★.·.·.·.·★ IMPRESSIVE RANKINGS: #1 in Solve, Solving, highschool mystery thriller and teen thriller all in December 2025 #1 in SOLVE 23/12/25 #2 in CASE 26/12/25 #2 in SOLVING 27/12/25 #2 in INTERROGATION 27/12/25 #1 in TEEN THRILLER 18/01/26 #8 in WHODUNNIT 14/02/26

Five friends. One lie. And a moment that changed everything. Andrea Kennedy Lopez has always been good at reading people. It's why she loves criminology. It's why she notices things others don't. So when her closest friend betrays her... she knows something isn't right. Rumors spread. Trust breaks. Lines are drawn. But the truth? It's worse than any of them think. Because someone in their group is hiding something. And when everything starts falling apart- Andrea realizes the biggest mistake wasn't trusting the wrong person. It was not running sooner.

A locked room. A poet dead by his own quill. A detective who sees what others cannot. London, 1889. When the celebrated poet Julian Croft is found dead in his study-door bolted from within, a crimson quill pen buried in his chest-the police call it suicide. The perfect, tragic end for a man who wrote of love and loss. But Eleanor Vance, a young journalist desperate for a real story, refuses to believe it. A man at the height of his powers does not simply vanish. She seeks out Professor Alistair Finch, a reclusive philologist who consults for Scotland Yard on cases that defy reason. He sees what others miss. He finds patterns in chaos. And he agrees to take the case. The room was impossible to enter. The weapon was too fragile to kill. The suicide note was too perfect to be real. As Eleanor and Finch peel back the layers of Croft's life, they uncover a rivalry that burned like poison, a shipwreck that may not have been an accident, and a woman named Isabella Rossi-a ghost whose return will shatter everything they thought they knew. Because the dead are not always gone. Sometimes, they're just waiting. And in the shadows of London, a collector is watching. A collector who doesn't just acquire beautiful things. A collector who destroys them. The game is afoot. But this time, the detective is not immune.

It's been a very trying year since Clarisse Ricci's world shattered dramatically. Her beloved father, Lorenzo, a larger-than-life billionaire that everyone admired for his kind, protective nature and savvy business management died suddenly. Everyone called it a tragic accident. Clarisse, however, isn't buying it. Now a senior in high school, with the looming thought of going to university and her future on the horizon, she cannot let go of the feeling that something darker happened. Her life soon takes a dangerous turn. Together with Joseph Samuels, her loyal (and occasionally stubborn) English boyfriend, and her creative thirteen-year-old sister, Camille, Clarisse dives into a mystery that threatens everything her parents built for them. The girls' mother, Isabelle, a world-renowned artist, tries to help, but even she is drowning in her own grief and distractions. Then the real danger steps out of the shadows: Harold Ward, Lorenzo's ruthless former COO, who's determined to claim the Ricci legacy for himself. Suddenly, Clarisse isn't just chasing answers but she is fighting to protect her family's future. If she fails, they could lose everything- their safety, their independence, and their chance at the lives they're just beginning to heal. Clarisse and Joseph thought turning eighteen meant gaining more freedom. Instead, it meant stepping up and risking it all. Will Clarisse and Joseph be able to succeed?

Halloween is truly a festive time of year. Spooky stories, haunted houses and vampires that you can't help but thirst over because you're weird like that. That's why Hale Woodsen's inviting you to the Traitre Museum. You know, that weirdly atmospheric place near 86th, the one with the dome ceiling? Yeah. There'll be music. Shadows. Smoke machines. Candlelight that definitely isn't safe. Maybe even a Ouija board or two. Costumes are absolutely mandatory - don't come dressed like a civilian unless you want to be sacrificed mid-party for the aesthetic. For everyone has suffered a tragedy recently, the disappearance of Luca Almirez. For those who don't know (you're living under a rock), the basketballer disappeared a month or two ago, after the biggest game of his life. Nothing's been found about him, and to be honest? We're not sure if there ever will be. He was a best friend, a gifted sportsman, and overall a beloved member of society. Perhaps this is Hale's way of battling the grief. Since, you know, he was Luca's best friend. He's trying just as hard as everyone else to get to the bottom of this. His list of suspects is never ending, from Cady Lovaine to Ruel Cruz, to even Reverie Vale and Leslie Wilde. But they have hunches too, and so the story continues, dangerous and twisted. But that's not everything. If you want to get all the details, let's leave the Halloween party. Let's go to the 16th of August, where everything began.

The Blake Carter Files: Dead Wrong is a crime mystery on Wattpad. When small-town reporter Blake Carter witnesses the shocking shooting of Mayor Tom Alder, she thinks the story ends there. It doesn't. His body disappears before reaching the hospital. Now, Blake is chasing a story that doesn't want to be found - one filled with secrets, lies, and a town that's hiding more than it's telling.

Eight contestants. One luxury island. Cameras everywhere. They came to Island en Rouge looking for love, fame, and a shot at reality-TV glory. Then a contestant ends up floating dead in the pool. Production keeps rolling. The contestants keep smiling. And the island's secrets start surfacing faster than the tide. Because on this show, everyone is acting. And someone is willing to kill to stay in the spotlight.

the thing about quiet girls is that nobody sees them coming. (extended description inside)

The story is about Mivya, a young girl, neglected by her parents, mentally abused by her own siblings with no friends who when grows into a fine beautiful young lady who is extraordinary ambitious police woman. She does not want people to face whatever she had faced, only to find a case related to her, her past, bringing her old terrifying memories, that she has moved on from, back to life causing her nightmares since day one. The main point now is, how will she be solving the case...

Rachel, a bright and timid girl who finds her only sanctuary in the quiet corners of her Detroit suburb, thinks the worst is over when she wakes up from a harrowing accident with no memory of how it happened. But as her fractured mind tries to piece the night back together, the familiar faces she once trusted begin to warp into something unrecognizable, and she realizes a predatory presence is meticulously orchestrating her life from the shadows.

A murder mystery in the small snowy town of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh.

In a London gripped by the tension of a high-stakes international climate summit, a series of impossible crimes has set the city on edge. Victims are being discovered drained of blood and marked with the unmistakable twin punctures of vampire lore, leading the press to whisper that Dracula has returned.

Celia Jones can talk to the dead, but getting on with them is a different story. She always has at least three spirits following her around, complaining about their relatives, or the inadequacy of their funeral arrangements. The latest is a murdered actress, Maude Domby, but she's less interested in denouncing her killer than in accusing the understudy of stealing her favourite pearls. When the charming but utterly fraudulent medium Stanley Winter holds a séance to contact Maude, Maude insists she and Celia should attend, to see people mourning her 'properly'. But the séance ends up implicating an innocent woman, and now Stanley Winter is banging on Celia's door, begging her to help him find Maude's real killer. Unfortunately, helping Stanley Winter could lead Celia to confront her other power - the one that's both lighter and infinitely darker than talking to the dead. ONC Prompt: 72. A real necromancer sits in on a fake séance.

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

The Mysterious Case at Madris: Case 2 After the stage incident, Madris High went back to normal since the alleged killer had been caught. Or so it seemed. There's a rumor that they are still haunted by the same haunting, however this time, they knew where to start: the past. And that past lies beneath Kalye Arcanus.

Originally written for a Clue by Candlelight competition in 2024, this mystery is now available here on Wattpad as part of my Archibald Clayborn collection, free to read, while I work on new projects. Retired Detective, Archibald Clayborn is summoned to his childhood sweetheart's family home, Warren House, after the death of her husband. Coming to Camilla's aid, Clayborn suspects he is there to comfort her. He couldn't be more wrong. Camilla believes her husband was murdered and her list of suspects are currently in Warren House. Clayborn agrees to help, however, before he can embark on his investigations, another murder happens! But who is the culprit? Is it... The somewhat standoffish maid, Mrs. June Carter? She may be pleasant to Clayborn, but does that extend to the rest of the guests? Or could it be Mr. Tracey Mars, the late Lesley Cartwright's business partner? His bullish attitude and short temper aren't the only things to make him a suspect, he may have a motive too. Then there's Dana Trudeau, a Hollywood actress traveling with Mars. A temptress to be sure, but does she have ulterior motives for coming to Warren House? The last of the Hollywood troupe, the reserved-but outspoken when provoked-scriptwriter, Mr. John Smithe doesn't seem to fit the picture of a murderer, but Clayborn can't deny motive might be there with the longstanding friction between his employers. Or is the murderer closer to home? Could it be the family physician, Dr. Royce Trenton? His outrage at being asked the simplest of questions does make Clayborn suspicious that he's hiding something. Last, there is Dr. Trenton's young niece, Diana Darling. An innocent to be sure, except for one thing; she wants to be an actress. Is Miss Darling as innocent as she appears, or is it all an act? Clayborn has his work cut out for him to catch this killer. Perhaps you can help him?

Y/N goes from the quiet kid to the biggest name in Little Kilton when a dead body is found in the woods and he's roped into the investigation. Now his life is being threatened as the case escalates in a way that has him marked for suspicion. Desperate and out of options, he turns to the town's aspiring detective, Pippa Fitz.

A billionaire is dead. Another is watching. And the woman chasing the truth may already be his obsession. When the COO of Arcadia Software is found murdered in his Manhattan penthouse, the city smells blood. The press swarms. The board panics. And Aiden Blackwell, the company's devastatingly private CEO says nothing. He doesn't have to. Fresh off a career-making exposé that destroyed a pharmaceutical empire, an investigative journalist Mileena Monroe is assigned to break his silence. Her reputation precedes her: relentless, fearless, impossible to manipulate. She's built a career dismantling powerful men. Aiden Blackwell was never meant to be one of them. Brilliant, composed, and dangerously unreadable, Aiden exists in a world where secrets are currency and desire is leverage. As grief over his best friend's death curdles into something darker, he invites her into his orbit; an invitation she knows better than to accept, and can't afford to refuse. What follows is a slow-burning collision of intellect and instinct. A cat-and-mouse chase played out across penthouses, private conferences, and whispered conversations where every look is a challenge and every touch is a threat. The closer she gets to the truth, the more she risks losing control-not just of the story, but of herself. Because the murder wasn't random. The silence isn't empty. And Aiden Blackwell doesn't want to destroy her- He wants to unravel her. In a game where power seduces, truth bleeds, and love is the most dangerous liability of all, one question remains: Is she hunting him... or exactly where he wants her?

Everyone remembers the night Logan Carter died. The music. The shouting. The broken bottle. They remember Avalon Monroe standing over him while someone screamed that Logan wasn't breathing. Avalon said it was self-defense. Most people believed her. But the truth about that night is far more dangerous. Because the party wasn't an accident. Someone invited the wrong people. Someone was filming everything. Someone came with a plan. And someone was supposed to die. But when secrets start unraveling, Avalon discovers something terrifying: Logan Carter wasn't the real target. And the person controlling everything might have been standing beside her the entire time. In a town where everyone has something to hide, the truth is more dangerous than the lie.