Whodunnit Stories

When someone dies mysteriously during a Psych experiment, Rhiannon becomes enmeshed in a conspiracy that includes both the survivors and the killer. ***** Short on cash, Rhiannon Ford signs up to take part in a social psychology experiment based on group think. But when a participant dies under mysterious circumstances, and the story surrounding that death seems mired in conflicting lies, she's quickly drawn into a web of conspiracies that merge urban legends, rivalries, and the very psychological principle the test was about. When everyone is lying, how can Rhiannon find the truth? ***** [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

The dead don't lie. But the living? They're experts at it. Jake Miller is a man of logic. As the city's lead Medical Examiner, he trusts facts over people. But when a string of perfect deaths hits his table, his logic fails him. The cases are too clean, the evidence too quiet. He's hunting a shadow he can't see, until Elena Rhodes walks into his lab. As the voice behind the true-crime podcast The Final Breath, Elena is a nursing school dropout who was too sensitive for the wards. Now, she spends her nights dissecting death through a microphone. She has a gift for seeing what others miss Granted exclusive access to shadow Jake, Elena turns his sterile world upside down. Between the cold steel of the morgue and the heat of an undeniable attraction, a dangerous game begins. Jake is convinced she's the key to catching a killer, Elena is just trying to stay one step ahead of his brilliant mind. In a city of secrets, the most lethal one isn't on the table. It's standing right next to you.

Kill Me Not An Atticus Slade Case Finding her was the job. Understanding why is the problem. A missing woman. A story that doesn't make sense. A case that should have been simple. It isn't. The deeper Atticus Slade digs, the more the truth twists-and the more dangerous the answers become. Because someone is hiding something. And they're willing to do anything to keep it that way.

**1ST BOOK OF THE SERIES DEVIN PLANET** The Silky Frey, a solar system that houses planet Devin. A planet where life could be sustained, Devin's evolved, a specie that all look the same, have the same name, and are distinguished through numbers. After the sudden retirement of Devin #1, the president, the whole planet goes into chaos. No one wants to work and instead are fighting for answers through protests. Others start doing crimes without the fear of persecution. Devin #4178 has the courage find the answer (knowing the retirement reason was a lie). Wanting to know what truly happened, why suddenly the president left. The Devin council meanwhile, are worried about the lack of president; not being able to coronate one from the riots and protests. Chp 2 Preview: 5 moved out of the way to allow the president to walk in and immediately walk towards the microphone in a perfect diagonal line. But after a few seconds without the president, she felt herself begin to worry. Her heart raced, she felt sweaty, and her eyes shifted all over the stadium. Devins stretched their necks and moved side to side to catch a glimpse at the hiding president. But when they realized he wasn't hiding, instead not there at all, they all looked at 5 with worried expressions.

What happened to The Phillips Girl? People have been asking questions about a little girl for twenty-five years...a girl in a yellow coat 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, capital of Eldoria. 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? Or is the history more complicated? What happens when the ones searching for answers...start to find each other instead, and they start to fall for people they weren't supposed to? Can love change the path shaped by hatred for decades?

When homebody Maggie West awakes after a fun, one-off, one-night stand, she finds her date stabbed in bed. And herself? The prime suspect in a murder she definitely didn't commit. How's that for getting out of your comfort zone? Now, the residents of her apartment building are convinced she's some femme fatale. The internet is roasting her mugshot, and the detective assigned to her case seems way too attractive to be this suspicious. Desperate and clueless, Maggie teams up with said detective, Jace Rowe, hoping to find the real killer before prison finds her. But what awaits is a trail of nosy neighbors, awkward cover-ups and a high tech scheme against her, with too many 1's and 0's that leaves her more befuddled than angry. And with Detective Jace's back muscles stealing her focus, it's almost too much for a gal to handle. Murder was never on her Netflix and chill list, but Maggie is determined to clear her name, fast, because she's sure as hell no one's fall girl. For fans of FINLAY DONOVAN IS KILLING IT and DIAL A FOR AUNTIES.

Seven tech kids. One server that's been running since 1993. And files that someone buried deep enough to take thirty years to find. When Zara accidentally wakes up a ghost in Harlow Bay High's network, what spills out isn't just corrupted data - it's proof that twelve students, including their own parents, were part of something that ended with three people vanishing off the face of the earth. Now there's someone on the other end of that server watching them dig. A cleanup crew that makes problems disappear. And a group chat with an eighth member nobody added. Seven of them going up against thirty years of secrets. No adults. No backup. Just root access and each other. Some files are buried for a reason. They just never expected us to find the server.

The story is about a young girl, Jyoti was found murdered in the snowy landscape of Kangra Valley. Two Special Vigilance Bureau (SVB) officers are assigned to find the truth behind the girl who was popular among the locals because of her melodious voice and was a sensation among her colleagues who used to regard her as a rising star who could have become a sensation among the mass music listeners. The investigation doesn't seem as normal as they thought. The valley and the people residing there tend to live a normal life but a few of them still hold secrets. A local minister is upset with the ongoing investigation as he believes this could unfold his scam which he has been committing for more than a decade. The officers face opposition from their own department that led them to know about the ongoing corruption in their own workplace. An old unsolved case also comes to the light when one of the officers meets a lady who claims that her family was killed years ago, of which the evidence or files could play a vital role in the current case. Jyoti's music teacher also comes under the cloud after his illicit relationship is revealed. Not only this they also learn the reason for what he had came to the valley. Their personal lives also comes in jeopardy when they learn that it's not only them, but also their closed ones whose lives are affected by their job.

Three years ago, something happened that seven people swore to bury forever. Now someone is bringing it back. When Ivy Bennett starts receiving anonymous messages from a stranger who knows her darkest secret, she realizes she isn't being haunted by the past... She's being hunted. As people around her begin disappearing, every clue points to one terrifying truth - one of the seven is lying. A mysterious boy who knows too much. A killer hiding in plain sight. A secret that was never meant to survive. In a game of lies, betrayal, and murder... Trusting the wrong person could be fatal. Seven people. Seven secrets. One killer. And someone already knows- Ivy is next. 🔪

Casimir trained his entire life to become an inquisitor, an honored watchdog for the emperor tasked with monitoring the Empire's dangerous elites. Then he became their prey. After being kidnapped and experimented on by his godfather, the infamous Professor Sageman, Casimir awakes with his godfather's gift pulsating within him, an abomination he never asked for. Now forced into an academy filled with the very families he used to watch, Casimir must learn how to control his new powers and find out what the notorious professor has planned for him, along with his former colleagues. Progression Fantasy | Magic Academy | Dark Mystery | Political Intrigue | Slow Burn

A series of disappearances. A set of coded clues. And a pattern no one can fully decode. When Tavish stumbles upon a strange message linked to unsolved cases, he's pulled into an investigation that was never meant for him. With detective Ehan, researcher Aadhya, and a web of suspects-Kunal, Reem, Nakul, and Raj every answer only creates deeper questions. Nothing is random. Everything is connected. And someone is still watching the pattern unfold.

Time has passed. Lives have changed. But some wounds never truly healed. When a brutal murder occurs, everything shifts. Someone is watching, someone knows... and someone starts asking questions no one wants to answer. Behind a mask that has become a symbol of terror, a cruel game begins, forcing each of them to face what they thought they had left behind. Alliances begin to crack, secrets rise to the surface, and every truth could be the last. Between tension, manipulation, and shocking revelations, Melrose Scream pulls its characters into a spiral where no one is completely innocent... and no one is safe.

A small town. A inherited bookstore. A sealed envelope with a date no one will talk about. Wren Calloway is twenty, stubborn, and new to Fern Hollow, Wisconsin. The town is warm on the surface and guarded underneath. The retired pastor everyone loved didn't die the way they're saying. And the man who owns the café on Main Street knows more than a stranger should. Some things are better left where they are. Wren hasn't learned that rule yet.

❧ ⟡ ⟢ ⟡ ❧ 🕯️🥀📜 🌑: "𝐷𝑖𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒, 𝑚𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑣𝑒? 𝑊ℎ𝑦 𝑑𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑟𝑦?" - 𝑆𝑡𝑢𝑓𝑗𝑎𝑛 𝑆𝑡𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑠 ❧ ⟡ ⟢ ⟡ ❧ Rowan Hawthorne has always noticed things others don't-small details, fleeting expressions, the quiet spaces between words. But when a dead girl starts watching him from the corner of his room, noticing is no longer a gift. It's a curse. Clara was never supposed to be seen. Not after what happened. Not after the truth was buried with her. Yet she lingers-silent, grieving... waiting. As Rowan is pulled deeper into a case no one else believes in, the line between the living and the dead begins to blur. Clues don't come in order. Memories don't tell the full story. And the more he uncovers, the less certain everything becomes. Because some truths aren't hidden. They're protected. ❧ ⟡ ⟢ ⟡ ❧ 🕯️ ╔═══━━━─── • ───━━━═══╗ ⚠️ 𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 ╚═══━━━─── • ───━━━═══╝ 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 stor𝚢 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝. 𝙸𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚕𝚞𝚍𝚎𝚜: 🩸 𝚖𝚞𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚛 🕯 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚙𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 🕷 psychological 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚜 🌒 𝚟𝚒𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗.

What if the face staring back at you belonged to a killer-and it was your own? Arthur Penwright's life is a fortress of order and predictability-until a delayed train forces him through a rain-slicked alley where he witnesses a brutal murder. The victim crumples to the ground. The killer turns. And Arthur finds himself staring at his own face. Hours later, he's the city's most wanted man. Hunted by police and haunted by a doppelgänger who stole his identity, Arthur plunges into the criminal underworld with Eleanor Vance, a cynical journalist carrying guilt of her own. Together they uncover Project Chimera-a conspiracy that doesn't just copy bodies, but steals souls. At its center stands Alistair Penwright. Arthur's father. Very much alive. And the architect of a nightmare that blurs the line between human and weapon. To clear his name, Arthur must confront not only the shadow wearing his face, but the terrifying question: If a perfect copy of you exists, which one is real? A breakneck thriller about identity, redemption, and the truth that sometimes the person you're running from is yourself.

"He's the man who can send her to prison. She's the woman he'd break the law to protect." Maren Fox is a master of the quiet life. But when her ex-husband is found murdered in a rain-slicked parking lot, her carefully constructed world shatters. She wasn't the killer, but she's guilty of something else: stealing a sketchbook from the crime scene. The book contains a drawing of a face. A face her eight-year-old son, Ash, saw standing over the body. A face that belongs to the city's most dangerous "fixer." Detective Julian Cole is the best at what he does because he doesn't believe in coincidences. He knows Maren is lying. He knows she's hiding something behind those defiant eyes. But as a corrupt Judge closes in on her son and the "Fixer" begins a deadly hunt, Julian realizes that the law he's sworn to uphold is the very thing putting Maren in the crosshairs. In a race against time and a city built on secrets, Julian must decide if he's willing to trade his badge for her safety. Because in this game, the truth won't set you free-it'll get you killed.

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?

SEQUENCE SERIES BOOK 1| TRILOGY - When a harmless game inside a Retreat Center Building turns into a deadly pattern of real-life tragedies, Sierra Raquelle Montana begins to realize that the envelopes they received were never a prank-they were warnings. As classmates start dying in the exact Alphabetical order, fear spreads, friendships crack, and trust becomes the most dangerous risk of all. With secrets hiding behind familiar faces and a shadowy "sequence" deciding who falls next, Sierra and her friends must uncover the truth before their initial is next-because in this game, no one loses by accident, and survival might mean questioning everyone she once called a friend.

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.

Felicity is slowly losing her mind and her parents are not helping at all. Unknown calls and awkward interactions make her question if she's actually sane. In the midst of all the chaos, a boy shows up and she realizes she feels safe when she's with him but there's more to him than meets the eye.