Mystery/Thriller Web Novels & Stories

Dying in a trap set by her selfish husband, Bennett, taught Corinne one lesson: loving the wrong person will get you killed. When Corinne wakes up sixty days before the end of the world, she gets a second chance. She sells everything she owns, cuts off her ex-husband, and fixes up her grandfather’s secret underground shelter. She also brings back a special power called the Stillroom. It does not just store food and tools—it holds secrets from lost timelines. Partnering with Devon Cross, a smart survival leader, Corinne prepares for the coming disaster. But saving lives comes with a dark rule: every life she saves causes a new danger to happen. Survival isn't free—it demands a body count, and Corinne intends to make her enemies pay it.

Her family called her a thief. The truth is they stole her life. At twenty-two, Amelia Coker is dragged out of the only home she has ever known. Her father accuses her of stealing her sister’s school fees, and her mother won’t even look at her. Nobody asks for her side. A bank alert is all the proof they want. With a small bag, a few dollars and nowhere to sleep, she gets a message from a stranger: You were framed. And I know what happened the night you were born. Then a photograph arrives. On its back, in faded blue ink: THE WRONG DAUGHTER WENT HOME. Amelia is about to learn that the missing money was the smallest lie in that house. Her father is begging her to stay away. Her sister looked relieved when she was sent out. And a powerful family across LA has spent twenty-two years mourning a child they were told had died. Whose daughter is she? Who benefits from keeping her silent? And how far will the people she loves go to stop the truth from walking through their front door? Some families are built on love. Hers was built on a lie.

She wakes on a stone floor with blood beneath her fingernails, a dagger in her hand, and no idea what to call herself. No name. No childhood. No face she can summon when she closes her eyes. Only one memory returns: a hooded man reaching towards her as if he has always searched for her. She doesn’t know whether he means to save her or lead her to her death. The world seems familiar, yet every reflection feels wrong. Strangers look at her with recognition they disguise. Doors open before she touches them. Sometimes, alone, she hears a voice whispering from inside the walls. Then she finds the man. He knows things she has never told anyone. He looks at her as though losing her nearly destroyed him, and though every instinct warns her away, something in her reaches for him. Their connection grows through stolen conversations, uneasy bargains, and moments of tenderness neither can explain. But trust is difficult when every answer comes wrapped in another lie. As her memories surface, the truth becomes more terrifying than the emptiness in her mind. The dagger was not placed in her hand by accident. The man’s past is tangled with hers. And the life she is fighting to reclaim may be nothing more than a story someone else is telling.

WHAT MY FAMILY BURIED Twelve years ago her sister disappeared. Nora Whitaker has spent twelve years believing her older sister abandoned her without a thought. Elise disappeared without explanation leaving Nora with questions a broken heart and a family that refused to discuss the past. Desperate to escape the memories Nora left their hometown and built a new life in Boston determined never to look back. Then her grandmother dies. A strange condition in the will forces Nora to return to the family home and remain there for thirty days before she can sell it. She expects memories and uncomfortable encounters. What she does not expect is a photograph hidden beneath a desk—one taken three days after Elise supposedly disappeared. On the back a message in her grandmother’s handwriting reads: If Nora comes home tell her what happened. Suddenly everything Nora thought she knew begins to unravel. Her father is hiding something. Her grandmother left behind secrets that someone desperately wanted buried.. Caleb Reed the man Nora once loved knows more about Elise’s disappearance than he has ever admitted. As Nora follows a trail of letters suspicious financial records and missing messages she begins to uncover a carefully constructed lie. The truth suggests that two sisters may have spent twelve years believing they had abandoned each other when someone else was responsible, for keeping them But the closer Nora gets to the truth the dangerous her search becomes. Someone wants the past to remain buried. Someone who knows exactly what happened that night. The person Nora has trusted all her life may be the one she should fear most. Nora returned home to sell a house. She may uncover the truth that destroys her family—. Discover that the sister she mourned never stopped loving her.

“I know Alex loves me.” I stared at my client. Alex. The name made my stomach twist. Because Alex wasn’t just her boyfriend. He was my fiancé. Zara came to me because she wanted to save her relationship. And somehow, I found myself helping her. Teaching my fiancé’s mistress how to keep him. But the more she talked, the more I realized there was more to Alex’s lies than I had ever imagined. I could confront him. Or I could stay quiet and find out how much he was hiding. I chose to find out. And what I discovered was far worse than an affair.

They say blood makes you related, but love and time make you family. Mahi and Harsh were inseparable cousins whose bond transcended ordinary friendship. But in June 2026, a sudden series of tragic events—a mysterious burn accident, hidden pain, unspoken family tension, and rapid medical decline—shattered their world, leading to Harsh's sudden demise at just 22 years old. Left behind with unanswered questions, strange premonitions, and silent guilt, Mahi embarks on an emotional journey to uncover the truth behind her brother's tragic last days. A heart-wrenching emotional thriller based on true events about love, secrets, and the shadows left behind.