Best Mystery Writer

She was just a 24-year-old woman trying to cope with her negative surrounding which was suffocating her. To keep herself away from that unwanted suffocation she moved out of her house lying to them that she is going to meet attend her friend's wedding. At one moment of her life, she was standing before the very beautiful sight and at another moment she found herself hostage in a building with her kidnapper who claims to be her husband. One stupid decision of her life has put her in that situation and a captive life is never be a good one but she is a strong woman, not the one who knelt in surrender, she will die but never compromise with a new change that happened to her life. --------- trigger warning beforehand, this story has mature stuff so, read it on your own risk ----------

In an East London lock up, two film makers, Jimmy and Sam, are duct taped to chairs and forced to watch a snuff film by Ashkan, a loan shark to whom they owe a lot of money. If they don’t pay up, they’ll be starring in the next one. Before the film reaches its end, Ashkan and all his men are slaughtered by unknown assailants. Only Jimmy and Sam survive the massacre, leaving them with the sole copy of the snuff film. The film makers decide to build their next movie around the brutal film. While auditioning actors, they stumble upon Melissa, an enigmatic actress who seems perfect for the leading role, not least because she’s the spitting image of the snuff film’s main victim. Neither the film, nor Melissa, are entirely what they seem however. Jimmy and Sam find themselves pulled into a paranormal mystery that leads them through the shadowy streets of the city beneath the city and sees them re-enacting an ancient Mesopotamian myth cycle. As they play out the roles of long forgotten gods and goddesses, they’re drawn into the subtle web of a deadly heresy that stretches from the beginnings of civilization to the end of the world as we know it. ©️ Crystal Lake Publishing

Ayashi's entire childhood was different from the other kids, her father is an investigator and that's particularly the reason why her childhood is filled with mysteries and puzzles. Her life is perfect, she has a loving mother, a caring father and a protective brother, there is nothing else she could wish for. Not until an unfortunate event happened, her parents were killed and the worst part? They were killed in front of her. Anger and hatred filled her innocent little heart. Ayashi mourned for her beloved parents whose death is still left as a mystery. After 6 years, she returned to the Philippines with one goal in mind; to give her parents the justice they deserve.

Hindi naging hadlang ang yaman at pribilehiyo upang tuparin ni Atty. Ada Esquivel--- isang matapang at ma-prinsipyong babae--- ang kanyang misyon sa buhay. Bagaman lumaki siyang laki sa yaman at karangyaan, pinili niyang i-alay ang kanyang buhay upang tulungan ang mga mas higit na nangangailangan. Ang kanyang pangalan ay isang malaking tinik sa lalamunan ng mga mayayamang mapang-abuso, sapagkat kilala siya sa pagpanalo ng ng mga kasong isinasampa laban sa ilan sa kanila. Sa kauna-unahang pagkakataon ay natalo siya sa isang kaso. Kasunod nito ay ang kalunos-lunos na pagkamatay ng kanyang dating Propesor. Dahil dito ay mapapadpad siya sa isang malayo at maliit ngunit tahimik na bayan ng Bagong Silang. Sa patuloy na pakikibaka para sa karapatan ng mga taong naninirahan dito, unti-unti ring mabibigyan ng linaw ang sinapit ng kanyang propesor, maging ang misteryo sa likod ng kauna-unahang kasong hindi niya naipanalo ay mabubunyag din. Lingid sa kaalaman ni Ada ang bawat sikretong matutuklasan niya ay magiging mitsa ng kanyang buhay. Makakaligtas kaya siya sa tiyak na kapahamakang nakaabang sa kanya? Posible kayang makatagpo siya ng pag-ibig sa gitna ng digmaan? How much will it take to win against the fight outside the courtroom?

It was said that when Lucifer was casted out of heaven, he swore on his powers to take revenge. His ego was hurt. He wanted the humans to pay for whatever happened to him. So he planted seven seeds of evil on earth as soon as he resurrected his true powers. As God always knew the plotting Lucifer was doing, God secretly created a plan to defeat Lucifer. The battle was between Lucifer and his demons against humanity. God also planted seeds of goodness, power, bravery and loyalty on earth too. With a little twist to surprise Lucifer with. Only the holy and religious people have known of that plan. Lucifer called it the age of his Victory against the humans. While God called it the Age of the Mighty Guardians.

There are monsters in this world. And they used to be us. Now it's time to euthanize to survive in a hospice where Emily, a woman haunted by her past, only wants to do her job and be the best mother possible. Post-infection Chicago. Christmas. Inside The Hospice, Emily and her fellow nurses do their rounds. Here, men and women live out their final days in comfort, segregated from society, and are then humanely terminated before fate turns them into marrow-craving monsters known as ‘Smilers.’ Outside these imposing walls, rabid protesters swarm with signs, caught up in the heat of their hatred. Emily, a woman haunted by her past, only wants to do her job and be the best mother possible. But in a world where mortality means nothing, where guns are drawn in fear and nobody seems safe anymore – at what cost will this pursuit come? And through it all, the soon to be dead remain silent, ever smiling. Such is their curse. It won't be long before that snow-speckled ground will be salted by blood. ©️ Crystal Lake Publishing

Elijah (Eli) Summers is in his sophomore year at nyu, he and Nathan Stone have been bestfriend since child hood they are inseparable. They know everything about each other, tell eachother everything until Nathan’s older billionaire CEO half brother comes into town. Damon stone is Tall, dark, and trouble like sex and sin wrapped in one enticing bubble. He looks like a real life Adonis, Eli who has never thought of himself as gay finds himself drawn to Damon’s masculinity. And Damon has set his eyes on Elijah and will stop at nothing to have him. Elijah has to navigate his feelings with Damon, keeping it a secret from his bestfriend, and college life with figuring out his sexuality. Will he and Damon endure ? Or will they crash and burn

It was supposed to be just a typical day for Zanaya Reign not until she got herself entangled in the series of unfortunate events in a very unusual Academy for detectives. Mysteries are bound to happen, different emotions will linger and rise, and she will get involved in a competition for sleuths. Join Zanaya and her friends as they were put up to solve cases, unfold mysteries, fight against all odds and struggle to get out of the mess created by someone from their past.

Breadwinner Eliza has a hidden secret in her family. She doesn't want her to know his secret so she does everything to keep it. From childhood, she impressed them and did not want to disappoint them. Until she looked for a fake boyfriend to introduce to her family. On the other hand, Myco didn't think that the woman he didn't even knew introduced him as his boyfriend. They agreed that the man would pretend and Myco did nothing but obey because he needed a large amount of money for his sick brother.

Zemira returned to the Philippines with her mom and younger brother when her parents decided to split. They moved to their ancestral home in Sitio Siniestro, a small sitio where her mother grew up. She began to have peculiar thoughts after moving because everyone she meets in their sitio says the same thing: "You must keep a secret." As a result, she kept reminding herself that she needed to know the "secret" of which everyone had warned her. She had no notion that her inquisitiveness would be the key to unlocking the mysteries of their sitio. She began to answer every question that came to her. She discovered that their sitio had previously been the site of murder cases. Nobody knew who the killer was until one day when a woman saw the killer and decided to tell others about it, but she died and the murder stories were never told again. Zemira wants to find out who's responsible for it. However, there is something more that continues to irritate her.... "Who is that masked man in her dream who keeps reappearing?"