Murder Mystery Novels & Stories

His hands shake, and his eyes blur for no reason. He closed his eyes to give them a quick rest, then held the bridge of his nose, "In every mystery, there’s a puzzle waiting to be pieced together. But this puzzle seems to have other pieces that belong somewhere else but where?" Gertrude's brow rose, then asked in a curious tone, "Why do you think that?" "In a normal murder case, what are the basic things to consider?" He asks. "The victim. The suspect. The motive." She responds

Emma's heart racing, she climbed the creaky stairs, her footsteps echoing through the silence. As she reached the top, she saw a figure standing in the shadows. "Who are you?" Emma demanded, trying to keep her voice steady. The figure stepped forward, and Emma's eyes widened in surprise. It was Julian, a person she had never met before but seemed to know her. "Emma, I've been watching you for a while now," Julian said, his eyes locked onto hers. "I know about your sister's disappearance, and I know you're searching for answers."

“When we found him, he was dead.” Daniel cut me off. “In his own home. Murdered. “Time of death was around four yesterday afternoon. Before your company even left for the escape room. “The weapon was an axe. “And on the doorknob of his apartment, we recovered a fingerprint.” Daniel lifted a fingerprint comparison report. The red markings made my eyes ache. “After analysis, that fingerprint… belongs to you.”

“It’s more fun that way.” Lucas could tell that Flynn was quite passionate about mysteries and he was happy to go along with it. Anything that made Flynn happy was fine with him. He also liked mysteries as well so it wasn’t a loss. He started searching for other well rated murder mystery movies that weren’t based on books and eventually found one. “I’ve got one now,” he said and selected it. “Let’s see who gets it right.” The movie had a similar vibe to the first so he knew Flynn would like it. For him it was harder to guess the murderer because he hadn’t seen it before. He had a few suspects lined up the midpoint of the movie, but he wasn’t completely sure ab

❣In Adrians Family house❣ Mrs Hareite ( Adrian stepmom) has not been herself since the day Adrians dad was murdered She felt soo guilty as she kept drinking everyday.. She was depressed..and almost obsessed with all the evil she partook in her entire life She really had feelings for Mr Brooke..but little did she know she'll be the reason behind his death Nina came to see Mrs Hareite Jaylene..and saw her sitted in her garden lost in thought

"Oh my God! another murder?," "Isn't that Mrs Hudsons home?," "I don't understand, who the hell murders an. old defenseless woman?," "Do you think the town is cursed?," "It has to be, how else can you explain what is happening in town?, the murders and mysterious disappearances?" The town folks whispered as sheriff Byod stood at the threshold of the crime scene, taking in the sight before him. The small, modest home in the rural town of Hallow Groove was now the center of a gruesome murder investigation.

he practically worshiped. Lily felt as though she would puke; she had never seen this level of sycophant before! “Why am I here?” Christopher demanded again. “A Miss Rosa Benson has been murdered in cold blood in her apartment, and you and your wife are our prime suspect,” the inspector blurted, staring at Christopher squarely when he saw that Christopher did not accept his earlier praise. “What?!” Christopher exclaimed in shock.

That’s what saved you from ending up like those other poor guys. I just grinned and tapped my nose. Sitting alone at the kitchen table, I popped open a pack of ramen and flicked on the TV. "Today, our city was rocked by a spree of break-ins and murders, all targeting rich single men. The cops cracked the case wide open, rounding up a whole gang of suspects.” As I listened to the news anchor's report, I could not help but think there was some truth to the saying that after the storm is when the flowers bloomed.

I've had that feeling before and it's still fresh in my memory. “She went up to check on Lila,” I responded, striking a pose as I watched my claws grow longer until they reached their limits. My fangs stuck out of the corner of my mouth, ready to devour whoever would stand in my way. “We have a murderer in the building, maybe more than one. We're not sure.” I spoke with my voice steady and intentional. His brow shot up in a questioning manner. “Morinda was murdered.” His brow twitched as realization dawned on him, he understood the hidden meaning in my words.

Liam walked in silence all the way to Chloe's car and stood at the door averting his eyes. "Well?" She said after five minutes of silence and eye aversion. "Uh…The case is closed…Well, I still have a lot of paperwork to file, but…It was found to be homicidal murder with the deceased Veronica Moulton as the perpetrator, and her death was deemed a suicide." "Oh." She looked at him with no expression. She was relieved to be finished with all of this nonsense and had decided when she was working on the crossword puzzle to forget about Liam and work on piecing her shattered life back together.