Murder stories, books, poems, and more

Sophie is one of "those" girls. The "Popular" Girls. But no one is perfect. Two years ago she lost her best friend in a fire, the authorities never found a cause but they believe it was a targeted murder. They never found who it was. Now the killer claims to… Read More

Tags: murder, mystery, crime, thriller, ya

Gold and Ash

By Suzana Ristić Suza

Book / Literary Fiction

November 18, 2020

Not wanting her father to drag her into illegal bussines, Asya runs away from her old life and reaches a very poor settlement. Together with her friend Emil, she will want to change something that everyone has given up on and give people around her faith in the future. Read More

Tags: murder, poverty, humanity, gold

Love, Mushroom Soup, and Murder

By Queenie Maud

Book / Romance

November 15, 2020

Shelves: 1

Ella Frank's grandmother Loretta died. No one is exactly sure why--all people die eventually, right?--and to top it all off, Loretta has requested that Ella marries Ian Sparrow, the rich grandson of her best friend. As a disgruntled Ella tries to honor her grandmother's wish and get to know Ian,… Read More

Tags: humor, romance, murder, naruto, arranged-marriage

Currently Untitled

By Son-Ja

November 15, 2020

Shelves: 3

Tags: murder, genetics, serial-killer

FAITH in LOVE

By g-k

Book / Romance

November 15, 2020

A flash flood unearths a strange mystery. A young girl, unloved by her parents, finds love in her animals until she met her loving future husband. They'd had very different upbringings on the farms they grew up on. Why did she leave, she had everything? A flash flood unearths a… Read More

Tags: romance, murder, mystery, rural, whose-done-it

Silverback

By Son-Ja

November 14, 2020

Comments: 4

Shelves: 3

Tags: murder, mystery, scifi, genetics

Angel Sullivan

By Tommy Gunner

November 13, 2020

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

1954: In this domestic noir, Private Investigator Dean Briars becomes entangled with the enigmatic Angel Sullivan as he tries to find a killer in a seemingly blissful LA suburb. There are plenty of suspects close to the victim, but the answers may lie in a seemingly perfect couple who is… Read More

Tags: romance, murder, mystery, crime, detective

The Shoebox

By Sharief Hendricks

November 12, 2020

Comments: 9

Veteran homicide detectives, Pringle and Daniels are hot on the trail of an elusive serial killer that has taken 4 lives already and is currently stalking his 5th. Will they catch the psycho before he strikes again... Read More

Tags: murder, mystery, crime, thriller, serial-killer

Nothing

By Keizenki Arata

Book / Action and Adventure

November 08, 2020

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Review Chain House

"I'm Nothing," Is what she named herself to cope with reality. From a somewhat "normal" office worker to a survivor, Nothing tries her best to survive the apocalypse. With her mind forcing her to forget the trauma, Nothing is able to fight despite her countless nightmares and suffocating silence. But,… Read More

Tags: horror, romance, hope, murder, thriller

The New Vampire, Luke

By hangingman99

Short Story / Thrillers

November 08, 2020

The PleiadomeBooks House

Luke Sidman was a newly turned vampire who was changed by the famous Beatrice Clanson who had faked her death a year earlier. Luke had a family, but when he was assassinated, he lost it all. All he had left was Beatrice. Photo by Reza Hasannia on Unsplash Read More

Tags: death, murder, vampires, changing, assassin

Merciful Parricide - An E.N Investigation

By Starless Moonlight

November 06, 2020

The first story of a new series I'm starting, starring criminal psychologist and brilliant minded detective, Emory Niles. Join Detective Niles as he investigates the uncanny murder of a wealthy couple in an abandoned mansion. Read More

Tags: murder, mystery, crime, shortstory, homicide

Not Guilty

By Tommy Gunner

November 04, 2020

The hour is late, a tired man steps out of his office on a cold, rainy night...it will be his final night on this earth. Silenced forever by the assassin’s bullet. By the time dawn breaks the morning next, Brenda Schroeder’s world has turned completely upside down. Her husband has… Read More

Tags: murder, mystery, crime, detective, dark-romance

Printer paper

By Zane Cooper

Short Story / Humor

November 04, 2020

Comments: 4

Shelves: 1

The Abandoned House

A husband searches for the perfect way to take care of his wife. Read More

Tags: murder, booksie

The Village Narcissist

By g-k

October 24, 2020

A body is found hanging from a noose made from a bell rope! Is this just the start of things to come? The deceptively quiet remote village is shattered after a brazen obnoxious outsider purchases The Old Vicarage - strange disappearances occur. It wasn't until the gruesome village history was… Read More

Tags: murder, mystery, crime, rural, whose-done-it

Falsely Accused of the Unthinkable

By g-k

October 24, 2020

Gripping Nail Biter of a Mystery! Another fast-paced murder mystery, thriller - fiction novel, enveloped in a romance: A man on the run and a distraught woman are both escaping very different unjust circumstances. Fate brings the pair together - ironically the injustices they suffer conclude in the same dramatic… Read More

Tags: murder, mystery, crime, rural, whose-done-it

Sound of the Waves

By Jack Rafferty

Short Story / Thrillers

October 22, 2020

Welcome to Phu Quoc's beach, where you can enjoy your holiday and expect a good time, even when unexpected thing can happen to you. Read More

Tags: murder, thiriller

THE FOXFIRE TERROR

By J.D. Wilson

October 21, 2020

Tags: murder, hiking, sheriff, fraternity, appalachian-trail

Life, Overdrawn

By hullabaloo22

Poem / Horror

October 21, 2020

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

Cover image: pixabay.com. Read More

Tags: murder, innocence, revenge, guilt

The Jury

By rylieprice2654

October 20, 2020

Why cant I remember anything? I didnt do it. I'd never hurt a fly. Read More

Tags: death, murder, remember, court, jury

Disorder: Secrets of Evelyne

By Skyfall

October 18, 2020

Shelves: 1

It's part of the foundation of the society to initiate law and rulesas a way to contain a person's wild desires and inclination to want the forbidden in order to sustain peace and order, but how far could those rules and precepts stand? Is it truly accurate to say that… Read More

Tags: murder, mystery, crime, thriller, detective

Teenagers

By Grey Farrow

Short Story / Thrillers

October 13, 2020

Like the band 'My Chemical Romance' once sang, I'd say "Teenagers scare the living hell out of me." Read More

Tags: destruction, murder, moon, sun, teenagers

Insanity After Murder

By Shaun J. Nigro

Short Story / Literary Fiction

October 13, 2020

Jessica is pregnant and happy to be starting a family with her fiance, Jack. But when Jack reveals that he has killed a close friend, Jessica begins to second guess the relationship and wonders how far Jack will go to keep the police from finding out... Read More

Tags: murder, drama, suspense, insanity, psychology

At Midnight the dark comes A novel

By Robert Helliger

October 10, 2020

Comments: 1

Richard Myerson suffers from paranoia in his New York apartment. As he thinks that he has seen someone die, the police detectives don't believe him, until someone dies, and he is the next victim of death itself. Read More

Tags: dark, murder, thriller, madness

The Outhouse Murders

By Jack Kay