Detective Stories

ORGINALLY A 'PAID' STORY. NOW PUBLISHED ON AMAZON/KU *** 4 CHAPTER SAMPLE HERE *** When Jake Bryant's daughter is kidnapped for ransom, he's forced to gamble with her life in order to discover which of his enemies has taken her hostage and to what end. ***** Jake Bryant's daughter, Sam, is in trouble. Her all-star quarterback boyfriend gave her pills to help her study for a test, but the pair are caught on school grounds with the unprescribed drugs. Since Sam's grandfather is a district court judge, she gets off with a slap on the wrist. Austin isn't as lucky. But with Austin's precious future at stake, his brother attempts a Hail-Mary pass by kidnapping Sam for his release. Can Jake rescue her before time runs out, or will they both pay for her mistake with their lives? [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]

ORGINALLY A 'PAID' STORY. NOW PUBLISHED ON AMAZON/KU *** 4 CHAPTER SAMPLE HERE *** Jake Bryant must stop the criminal mastermind who orchestrated the murder of his best friend from killing his new family. ***** More dark secrets from Jake Bryant's past come to light. Dolan, the criminal mastermind who ordered the hit on Jake's best friend, Tom, is searching for evidence Tom collected against him for another murder - evidence Tom hid with his widow before his death. Desperate to bring Dolan to justice, Jake finds himself in a race against time to save the lives of those he loves. But with allies double-crossing him left and right, Jake must discover who he can trust before Tom's family is destroyed along with the evidence. Can Jake win the race or will he die just like his friend? [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]

ORGINALLY A 'PAID' STORY. NOW PUBLISHED ON AMAZON/KU *** 4 CHAPTER SAMPLE HERE *** When the biker gang calls in a Jake Bryant's debt, he has no choice but to hunt down an old friend by any means necessary and retrieve their stolen drugs, even if it cost him the woman he loves. ***** Time has run out for Jake Bryant. The Devil's Hand motorcycle gang has cashed in the debt he owes them. Jake must hunt down his old friend, Rick, to retrieve the million dollars worth of heroin he stole from the gang. Soon, Jake finds himself double-crossing both Rick and the Devil's Hand, but his true loyalties will be tested when his girlfriend becomes a bargaining chip. After failing the other women in his life, will Jake finally be able to save someone he loves? [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]

ORGINALLY A 'PAID' STORY. NOW PUBLISHED ON AMAZON/KU *** 4 CHAPTER SAMPLE HERE *** After a great loss, Jake Bryant finds himself in Las Vegas. To fill the void in his heart, he searches for a woman's missing daughter and finds more than he bargained for. ***** Two years after his daughter was kidnapped, Jake Bryant meets a woman in desperate need of help. Seeing the opportunity to redeem himself, Jake probes Las Vegas's seemly underbelly to find the pimp responsible for abducting her daughter. But navigating Sin City's sex trade business proves tougher than Jake thought, and he finds himself digging his own grave at gunpoint. Can Jake find a way to escape? Or will his mistakes lead to more death? [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]

In 2045, Psychwatch treats the mentally ill or cages them. Margo wants to bring empathy to every patient but a killer pushes her, and the system, to the limits ***** In a dark future, more than a third of the United States population suffers from mental illness and violent crime is on the rise. In response, Psychwatch is formed - an organization intended to combine mental healthcare and law enforcement - creating monitored areas and neglected ones known as the Psycho Slums. Margo Sandoval is the latest recruit to Psychwatch, bringing a new level of empathy to the controversial agency known for its unforgiving methods. Margo spends her days as an Empath treating everyone possible, until the arrival of a new serial killer upends her life and forces her to confront the evils of the human mind and the system that claims to be the solution.

After Denton foils a terrorist attack at an Intergalactic sporting event, he finds himself racing to save his homeworld from a plot of betrayal and revenge. ***** When Denton Staxx, a special agent with the Orbital Security Services, discovers the Intergalactic Olympic Games have been targeted by a terrorist attack, he rushes to Earth to try and stop the event before it's too late. But what he discovers on earth is far worse than he imagined, and Denton is quickly pulled into a galaxy-wide conspiracy that takes him from one solar system to another in the search for a mastermind that will stop at nothing to get his revenge on the richest man in the universe -- regardless of the innocent people who die along the way. [[Wattys' Shortlisted]] [[1st place, Month Elimination Awards, Sci-Fi Category]] [[Best Plot Development, Iced Tea Summer Bash Awards]] [[Best Adventure Scifi Story, The Ooorah's SciFi Awards]] [[1st place, Rebel Awards, Sci-fi Category]] [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

He can solve any mystery-except the one hiding in his own heart. Luka Blackwell is London's most powerful young CEO, but his wealth can't protect him from the people determined to control his future-or the assassin who wants him dead. Zack, his crazy smart best friend and a detective with an uncanny talent for solving impossible cases, steps in to uncover who's behind the attacks. But as danger brings them closer than ever, years of friendship begin to turn into something neither man is prepared for. With secrets buried inside Luka's powerful family, a killer closing in, and someone watching their every move, Zack must solve the mystery before Luka becomes the next victim. Because falling in love was never part of the investigation.

With a brutal, faceless killer walking freely on the streets of Freetown, everyone's instinct is to run and hide. Seventeen-year-old Cassidy Meyer's instincts however, immediately urge her to run toward the direction of danger in an attempt to unmask the killer's identity, thereby satisfying her life-long obsession for crime-solving. Her obsession with the case starts to create a wedge between her and her loved ones, and it starts to put everyone's life in danger. The only way to salvage her friendship and save everyone's life is to finish what she started; to find the killer before he can claim another life. #8 in Mystery/Thriller. (Highest ranking so far.)

ORGINALLY A 'PAID' STORY. NOW PUBLISHED ON AMAZON/KU *** 4 CHAPTER SAMPLE HERE *** Jake Bryant, a disgraced Chicago detective, inserts himself into the police investigation of his murdered best friend to protect the woman he loves - his friend's widow. ***** Jake Bryant, a former Chicago PD detective, rushes home after his best friend is killed. Determined to find the murderer, he starts his own investigation into Tom's death. However, the case is complicated by the involvement of a motorcycle gang, drugs, and Jake's feelings for Tom's widow. But Jake has bigger problems when the police set the killer free- who then decides to silence Tom's family as well. Now Jake is faced with the ultimate dilema. Does he trust a broken system to protect Tom's family? Or does he seek his own brand of justice? [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]

Hunter, a street kid turned FBI agent, is ordered to befriend Calvin Black. But as they grow closer, she realizes Calvin cares more about her than the FBI. Hunter Ashley was taken off the streets as a teen and brought into a highly secret FBI program that's turned her into a full-fledged agent. She is assigned, alongside the brooding agent Micah, to befriend Calvin Black, the son of the notorious Christopher Black. Hunter does her best to hide her survival training inside a typical high school, only she's developing feelings for Calvin, and it looks like Micah is starting to crush on her. In a world where a single mistake can prove fatal, Hunter has to figure out who she can trust, or she'll end up back on the streets. [[word count: 60,000-70,000 words]]

❛ 𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚖𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗 ... ❜ 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚑𝚊 𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚛 𝚡 𝚓𝚊𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚐𝚘 𝚙𝚍, 𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚖 𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 - 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝟷 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 ... 𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎 - 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝟷 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚜: 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚜: 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚢 𝚖𝚎 ©𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚢𝟸𝟶 (𝚚𝟸𝟶 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚍𝚒𝚘𝚜), 𝟸𝟶𝟷𝟿

Isaac Blackwoods has spent his entire life running from shadows. From the mansion where his father's voice was a weapon, from the nightmares that follow him into every restless sleep, from the chains of a past he refuses to name. At twenty-two, he finally has a chance to carve out a life of his own-a rookie detective with a brilliant mind and a heart too soft for the cruel city he serves. But angels never walk unnoticed. And Isaac? Isaac has caught the eyes of monsters. They don't fall in love. They consume. They don't chase. They claim. And now their eyes are on him. To them, Isaac is not a detective. He is not a rival. He is theirs. Their butterfly. Their obsession. Isaac believes in justice, in peace, in the quiet discipline of a life not ruled by violence. They believe in blood, in power, in keeping what belongs to them no matter the cost. He thinks they're his enemies. They think he's their future. And when angels and devils meet, only one truth remains: obsession is the most dangerous game of all. Tropes: Detective x criminals Evil x angel Obsession Possession Mafia

After escaping the hardships of the big city, the cynical yet tech-savvy orphan, Ryder, and his loyal pup, Chase, travel to the coast and make their way into Adventure Bay. Hoping to find a better life. But the sleepy seaside town is not as sleepy as it appears to be. A corrupt Mayor. A challenger on the rise. Gangs roaming the streets. Pirates nearing the shores. An inexperienced police force. Disasters without a rescue service. One mystery after another. A neighbouring town plotting behind the fog. A people in need of heroes. And a dark force working in the shadows. As Ryder adopts more pups, makes friends, and finds himself settling in Adventure Bay, he slowly begins to wonder if he has found a place to call home. But will he and his growing family become the heroes Adventure Bay needs, or will he allow the seaside town to fall into chaos?

Warning: This is a slow burn book. Fukuzawa Tsukasa was the adopted daughter of Fukuzawa Yukichi, and a member of the famous Armed Detective Agency. She is also a powerful ability user who can generate and manipulate electricity at will. She took a classified job overseas and only came back at the Agency a year after she completed her assigned mission. However, the moment she returned, she had an unfortunate encounter with Nakahara Chuuya, a Port Mafia executive who was also a gravity manipulator. Things between them had gotten worse when she accidentally broke his expensive wine. And right now, she owed him a massive debt that was thrice her annual salary at the Agency, much to her mortification. The compensation? She must be at his beck and call 24/7 every time he needed her for his mafia infiltrations until her debt to him was fully paid. A/N: I do not own Bungo Stray Dogs or any of its characters, excluding the OC. The credit still goes to the original author of the story. Date Started: 12/25/2025 Date Ended:

// Jake Donfort and Lyra Ambrose // After the explosion in the Ironsplinter Mine, things went on with a quiet tension. Not only did the fire leave behind an unidentified body, but it further enhanced the already intricately tangled threads. And this time, Lyra was in more danger than ever. No one from the group is trying to reach her. Lyra didn't receive a single phone call, and she couldn't make one either. Is there a more serious reason than she thinks? Or do the others no longer need her? They got what they wanted from her, and maybe... they're now afraid? Will it be possible for the girl to build further the precisely crafted spider web in such a way that as few people as possible fall into its trap, including herself? Will she be able to move on with knowing her last words to Richy were unforgiving? And Jake; what happened to the man who won her heart with words alone? So many unanswered questions, and Lyra got no one but herself to help figuring them out. And as any good detective does in such situation, she began to investigate.

In a city called Kanai Ward, the city with never ending rain, the master detectives from around the globe were ordered to go to the city and wait for orders from WDO. A girl named Marie Rosehearts is one of the many master detectives that received the order. But she's not alone, she's also being haunted by a Death God named Shiki. She formed a pact with him from a long time ago, and the cost is her memories for the pact. Along the way, she met another person who is also haunted by another Death God. His name is Yuma Kokohead Will Marie and Yuma be able to solve the mysteries of Kanai Ward, or will the mysteries drown in the rain forever?

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One night. One crime. One love. Countless questions. When the evidence points in every direction, can justice prevail-or will the truth be buried forever?

Morgana is a masterclass in literary craftsmanship, subverting the conventions of the gothic thriller and analog science fiction to deliver a profound meditation on corporate guilt and the fatigue of materials. Written in clinical, precise prose devoid of sentimental embellishment, the story begins with the mysterious disappearance of textile tycoon Arthur Vance. To escape his creditors and the fallout of his industrial abuses, Vance has managed to isolate the vacuum and compress reality inside an oak box. Gothic detective Morgana Vance, accompanied by the rigid military officer Coldstream and the clairvoyant luthier Sol Raíz, ventures into a labyrinth where architecture behaves like a psychological symptom. The novel's greatest triumph lies in its physical and social premise: space does not warp by magic, but is instead woven and unwoven through the acoustic frequencies of the looms in the lower periphery, where the suffering of exploited workers acts as a knot of molecular containment. Moving through an oppressive atmosphere shaped by static, a constant drizzle on zinc sheets, and the animal complicity of Mrak and Tman, the narrative ticks like a dry metronome toward an irreversible geometric collapse. Ultimately, Morgana is an original and mature work-a tale where the mathematical precision of Jorge Luis Borges merges with the urban alienation of J. G. Ballard, proving that isolation is not armor, but an empty perimeter that only human loyalty can restore.

MY IDOL, MY SUSPECT Han Serin is a detective who has spent years searching for the truth behind her mother's mysterious death. When a murder case leads her to a strange symbol connected to the underground organization NOCTIS, she finds herself getting closer to a secret she was never meant to uncover. Then there's REN-the charismatic leader of NOX and Serin's favorite idol. To millions, he's simply an idol. But behind the spotlight, he is FOX, a highly ranked NOCTIS operative living a dangerous double life. As Serin investigates the truth, she begins to realize that the man she admires might be connected to the mystery she has been chasing all along. She wanted answers. She never expected to find them in her favorite idol. CHARACTERS Han Serin - Detective, 25 Han Riheon - REN / FOX - NOX Leader, 25(S - SOVEREIGN) Kang Taehyun - TAE / CROW - 26(A - ELITE) Seo Siwon - SIWON / VIPER - 24 (B - VANGUARD ) Choi Jaehyun - JAEHYUN / BLACK - 27 ( A - ELITE) Maestro - NOCTIS Founder Lee Dojin - Serin's Partner Yoon Mirae - Detective Soyeon - Serin's Friend Park Jinwoo - Serin's Old Best Friend