detective

In the city of Onyx Port, secrets are currency—and trust is a liability. Arthur Hale is a broke private investigator with a past he buried deep. Sloane is a sharp, dangerous woman with no fixed address and too many skills to be coincidence. When debt and danger force them to share a cramped office, an uneasy partnership forms—one built on half-truths, hidden weapons, and a strict set of rules designed to keep the past at bay. But as high-level criminal conspiracies surface and rival intelligence agencies begin to turn the city into a silent battlefield, the "Blind Spot" agency is caught in the crossfire. Arthur and Sloane must solve the city's most dangerous cases while meticulously hiding their true identities from each other. In a world where everyone is watching, the greatest danger isn’t being discovered—it’s forgetting that the person you're falling for is the same person you were sent to kill.

In a world rife with unsolved mysteries, questions abound—who, what, why, and how—these are but a few mysteries that keep the weary awake and scare children from their mother’s arms. But one man has the answers, at least that is how it seems. Who is he? A detective. What does he want? Peace. Why? Well, same answer as the last… as for how he will achieve it… by solving every mystery known to man and filling his journal with all the bizarre encounters he makes along the way.

This novel is not for the faint-hearted or the easily categorized. It weaves together a labyrinth of elements, many defying traditional boundaries of gender and nobility, diving headlong into themes that transcend comfort and convention. Intended neither as a casual read nor a rite of passage for the merely eighteen, its content demands more than age permits; it demands sentience.If you seek a story that challenges the very framework of reality and identity, that subverts expectations and plunges into the depths of cosmic horror and human frailty alike, then welcome. As the pages turn, you will understand why this is no ordinary tale, and why to read it is to embrace the unknowable. Dare to stay, and be amused, unsettled, and transformed.

Behind every headline lies a story the world never fully heard. This series uncovers real criminal cases, told one by one—murders, disappearances, betrayals, and investigations that shocked societies and scarred lives forever. Each case is reconstructed from verified public records, following the victims, the suspects, the evidence, and the truth that emerged… or never did. Some criminals were caught. Some cases remain unsolved. Some truths are still debated. Told with respect and precision, this book does not glorify violence—it exposes it. A case-by-case journey into the darkest corners of reality, where justice is uncertain and facts are more disturbing than fiction. patreon.com/DetctiveDeku

Tokyo, 2026. The neon lights of Shinjuku hide a darkness that has slept for three hundred years. When a body is found suspended upside down in a forgotten drainage tunnel, drained of blood by a single, surgical cut, the police see a cartel hit. But Detective Kenji Sano sees something else. He sees "Tsurushi" -The Pit, an agonizing torture method used by the Shogunate to crush the spirits of traitors. This is not a murder. It is a sentencing. Kenji Sani and his partner, the hulking veteran Manjiro Tenken, soon realize they are hunting a ghost. A killer who follows no modern logic, only the brutal, bloody code of Feudal Japan What awaits more?

The Nébuleuse:- > Lucien, an ambitious university student With a unique flair for fashion design, catches the eye of Mademoiselle Bella Leclair, a world-renowned designer with a powerful reputation. She chooses him as her apprentice, and he believes he's found his path to the top. But within the lavish studio and beneath the runway lights, layers of secrets being to unfold: suspicious alliance's, haunting truths from the past, and perhaps rules of success that must be broken. what starts as a professional opportunity soon becomes a personal and moral trail, and Lucien Must decide whether to climb the tower of fashion at the cost of his values-or carve out his own path. Tags: •Action •Adventure •super natural •Dark Drama •Royal Family •Organisation •Kills •Political •mystery •antihero •slice of life •Sci-fi •Comedy •Romance

Rahul Kumar fails the police exam and loses everything—his future, his girlfriend Ananya, and his faith in the system. When Ananya is found brutally murdered, her organs stitched into a grotesque puppet doll, Rahul becomes the prime suspect. Framed by his rival Niraj and hunted by corrupt police, Rahul escapes custody and becomes a fugitive in 2006 Bhopal. With a city-wide manhunt closing in, he must investigate the case himself to find the real "Puppet Dancer" serial killer.

In the shadowy streets of West Antapolis, danger lurks around every corner. Gangs and monsters prowl the night, each more sinister than the last. While thieves may seek to rob you of your money, the vampires and wraiths have darker intentions: they aim to steal your very humanity. In a city shrouded in deceit, where trust is a luxury only a few can afford, the greatest theft of all may be the truth itself. When even your closest confidants weave lies into the fabric of your reality, how do you navigate a world built on betrayal? The answer lies in Conticent; the art of seeing no evil, hearing no evil, and speaking no evil.

In a grim, decaying city plagued by rising crime and moral collapse, a string of brutal and bizarre killings sends shockwave through the population. Each murder is different, some ae messy, others surgical. Men, women, children and even the elderly – no one is safe, and no patterns connects the victims. The only common thread? At each scene, the killer leaves a yellow rubber ball with a hand-painted sinister smile — the smileball. The media spirals into hysteria, calling the killer 'The smile', while police are left paralyzed by the sheer randomness of the murders. Leading the investigation is Detective Leo, a logical and seasonal detective, with his partner Alex, a shy and quiet officer. And his childhood best friend. ———— I will post one chapter a day!

1947 — A detective hunts the thief of a priceless gem, but the case unravels into something deeper than crime. When the stolen stone begins to twist the laws of the world, Murphy realizes he isn’t chasing a man — he’s chasing the collapse of meaning itself. A hardboiled noir story about crime, existence, and the quiet horror of watching reality come undone. Disclaimer: The prose or story has been heavily processed through Quillbot and Grammarly. I intentionally used these tools to strip away human 'warmth' from the narration. If the prose feels mechanical, the tools are working as intended.

From the lens of Aspres Amari, a teenager who learned how to survive by watching. A city burns. A boy dissapears. What remains is memory—fragmented, broken, and dangerous. Aspres is asked to remember, not to confess, but to explain what happened. What follows is not an answer, but a pattern of missing children, quiet deals, little mistakes, and violence. As police ask questions, Aspres recounts what happened—what was seen, what was touched, and what was heard. Showing that children, earlier than anyone else, learn to navigate corruption before they even know what it means. After a boy went missing in 1952, a small-town outsider becomes a pawn in a game of power, violence, and revenge. Secrets are heard only through whispers in the shadows, traded like currency, every choice, no matter how small brings the city a step over despair, and closer to collapse. This is a story about corruption, consequences, and what happens when power is selfishly handled. This story is being moved to RoyalRoad.

At seven years old, Ari watches her parents—high-ranking government officials—gunned down before her eyes. The murder is clean, sanctioned, and buried beneath bureaucracy. From that moment, Ari believes she is made of revenge. She grows up sharpened by grief, raised by her uncle Gideon, a man who lives in the shadows as a powerful underground crime lord yet operates by an unbreakable personal code. Gideon teaches Ari discipline, restraint, and the true cost of power—without ever letting her become corrupt.

The Quiet Person Luna Nakamori was a quiet, emotionless girl, invisible to most—except to the five friends who tormented her relentlessly. Bullied, mocked, and pushed to the edge, Luna’s despair twisted into something terrifying: one by one, she kidnapped and eliminated those who had destroyed her childhood. Seven years later, she emerges from the shadows—not as a criminal, but as a prodigy of the Special Investigation Force, solving thirteen impossible cases in just three days and earning a reputation as the Silent Moon. Yet her calm is fragile. The world is not what it seems. Chosen children across the globe awaken with strange powers, shadows manifesting at the pull of the moon, and a cosmic entity known only as the Watcher begins to stir. As Luna faces new threats, including rogue Chosen, remnants of the Puppeteer, and the Watcher itself, she must navigate a deadly path between life and death, sanity and madness, myth and reality. In a story where silence is power, fear is a tool, and the night can remember everything, Luna will discover that the greatest horrors are not the monsters outside—but the ones inside.

William James Moriarty, a renowned, well-loved, and gentlemanly professor at Tingen University, is not quite himself. Despite all appearances, he is in fact not one, but two: a man from modern-day Earth who has awoken in the body of the professor, burdened by fragmented memories containing nonsensical information, leaving him blind to his new past. He now lives in a Victorian steampunk world, shrouded in an odd veil of fog and mysteries, yet he remains far from fully aware of the strange life that lies before him.

Once Upon a Mystery — Synopsis At just 26 years old, Pennyworth Hale is already a legend in the world of crime investigation—having solved 50 drug cases, 65 murders, and 47 kidnappings. Calm, brilliant, and feared by criminals, Pennyworth believes every crime follows logic. Until Michigan proves him wrong. A forensic psychologist is found dead in a locked room—no wounds, no poison, only a smile. Before Pennyworth can uncover the truth, another suspect is executed with a single gunshot, and the investigation turns into a psychological nightmare. Evidence disappears. Witnesses lie. And Pennyworth himself becomes the prime suspect. Now hunted by the law, Pennyworth is forced into an unwilling partnership with Morsh, a rough, unpredictable officer assigned to watch him. Alongside an investigative journalist and a grieving mother caught in the crossfire, Pennyworth uncovers a killer who doesn’t just commit murders—he writes them, turning justice into a twisted story where guilt decides fate. As the body count rises and the killer closes in, Pennyworth must outthink an enemy who knows his methods, his past, and his mind. In a game where every move is watched and every truth has a price, one question remains: Can the world’s greatest detective solve a mystery that was written to destroy him?

Word of advice : check out vol 0 for the world building and lore. "Sixty-two years ago, the rifts opened and monsters invaded Earth, humanity survived because some people gained powers called Crests, now the world belongs to the gifted. Marcus Chen has nothing, no powers, no money, no future. Just a cancer diagnosis and three months to live, that was Until he died in an illegal experiment and wakes up in someone else's body. The body of Huey Cross - elite student at Virelia Institute, the world's top university for Crest bearers. But Huey wasn't just a student, he was a vigilante and detective hunting the people behind those experiments. Marcus inherits Huey's life, his enemies, and Jazz - an AI system that helps solve any mystery. The problem? He has no idea how he died, where the real Huey went, or why people keep trying to kill him.

They erased his identity. They buried his past. But they forgot one thing—ghosts don’t stay dead forever. Ethan Cross was once the Agency’s invisible hand, a deep-cover spy whose existence was known to only three people. Until one mission in Prague went wrong. His team was slaughtered, his cover was blown, and the traitor inside the Agency pinned everything on him. Now, years later, the world knows him as Damian Voss—a low-profile security consultant in Berlin. But when a familiar symbol appears at a crime scene—a symbol only his dead teammates used—Ethan realizes the traitor is still out there. And this time, he’s pulling strings on a global scale. To uncover the truth, Ethan must reenter the shadow world he left behind: secret intelligence networks, mercenary corps, and phantom organizations like Specter Division—the same group that destroyed his life. But revenge comes with a price. The deeper he digs, the more Ethan realizes he’s not just hunting the traitor… He’s becoming the weapon they created. “In the world of spies, silence isn’t peace—it’s the sound before the kill.”

In the quiet town of Eldridge, where the mist from the nearby river lingers like a silent witness, a series of mysterious disappearances shakes the community. Detective Lucas Ward, a seasoned investigator haunted by his past failures, teams up with investigative journalist Emma Hale, whose instincts for uncovering hidden truths have made her both respected and feared. As they delve deeper, clues lead them between the eerie streets of the town and the bustling shadows of the city. Every secret they uncover reveals another layer of deception, and every ally may hide a dark motive. With time running out, Lucas and Emma must navigate a web of lies, confront their own demons, and chase whispers that could either save lives—or destroy them.

A scientist uncovers a material that can bend time-and disappears. Years later, his son hunts global threats without knowing the truth about his own past. Some secrets are buried underground. Others are buried in time. When a global research project promises to save the planet, it instead unleashes something far more dangerous. As hidden experiments, fractured timelines, and long-buried truths begin to surface, a young operative is pulled into a mystery that feels disturbingly personal. Shoot to Thrill is a science-fiction thriller with elements of romance, mystery, and emotional drama-where love, loss, and loyalty collide with the consequences of rewriting fate. This is a serialized version of an upcoming novel. More updates and behind-the-scenes on Instagram: @writtenby_varun

When fate unravels, even the Web must weave anew. Walter Kovacs — better known as Rorschach, the uncompromising vigilante from a dying world — awakens in a strange universe filled with masked heroes who all share the mark of the spider. Here, mercy is currency, morality is blurred, and the Inheritors feast upon spider-totems across countless realities. But Rorschach is no Spider-Man. No powers. No great destiny. Only an unyielding code: "Evil must be punished." As he carves a bloody path through predators and impostors alike, his presence distorts the sacred Web of Life. To some, he’s a dangerous anomaly. To others, a necessary shadow. Yet when a new Inheritor mutation arises — one even the combined Spider-Army cannot stop — the Web itself acknowledges him as something new: the Masked Totem, the first outsider to ever be woven into destiny. Justice in the Spider-Verse will never be the same. *Updates may be inconsistent due to Uni and my other on going works (plz check them out) but I aim for 7 chapters a week. Hope you Enjoy Bonus Chapters: 10 Power Stones 30 Power Stones