detective

Salieri Montenegro Neiruk, a young Police Detective with a sharp mind and a strong sense of logic, finds herself plunged into a world that defies all her understanding when her life is irrevocably altered by a personal tragedy. Following a shocking event, an ancestral legacy awakens within her: the power of the Sehwert lineage, a connection to forces she once believed were pure fantasy. In the midst of this newly discovered chaos, Salieri crosses paths with Sariel, an enigmatic being from another dimension known as an Ekstern, who, despite having lost most of his vast powers, carries the weight of centuries of knowledge and secrets. Bound by an unexpected pact forged in adversity, both find themselves at the center of a conspiracy that threatens to unleash a primordial force capable of plunging the world into darkness. As Salieri struggles to reconcile her rational mind with the dizzying reality of the supernatural, she must join forces with Sariel to solve mysteries hidden from human eyes and face threats lurking in the shadows—all while an ancient and fearsome entity prepares to reclaim what it believes is its own. Their budding alliance will be the key to protecting a world she is only just beginning to understand.

"Haha, and they call you 'World's best detective', huh? A perfect crime doesn't exist? Foolishness, Batman, foolishness~" "Let me show you a perfect crime... Done countless times, heh~" In Gotham City, under the shadow of heroes and villains, a new name rises. Darren Greer, a seemingly ordinary high-school student, is secretly Kaitou Kid—a flamboyant phantom thief who steals under the spotlight, sends advance notices, and vanishes like magic. With impossible disguises, flawless planning, and audacious performances, he toys with the GCPD, outwits Jim Gordon, and slips through the world's best detective, Batman’s, growing net. He doesn’t steal for money. He doesn’t steal for power. What he seeks is something far more dangerous—the art of the perfect crime itself. As Gotham’s heroes begin to take him seriously, Kaitou Kid’s stage expands from museums to the entire DC world. Each theft is a spectacle, each escape a miracle, and each appearance brings him closer to the Bat-Family’s full attention. Gentleman thief or unpredictable wild card? Showman… or nightmare? Under the moonlight, the phantom thief smiles—because the real show has only just begun! ... If you enjoyed the chapters so far, you can now read 12 chapters ahead on Patreon. Patreon.com/serioza Think of it as ‘Advanced Intel.’ While the audience is still wondering how the trick was done, you’ll already be watching the next heist unfold. ... Points to note- MC is an anti-hero, specifically a “gentleman thief archetype,” not a villain. He avoids killing, bloodshed, and collateral damage. He exposes deception. He honors his own rules and promises. His conflict with Batman is ideological, not destructive. His enjoyment is in craft, performance, and intellect, not domination or chaos.

Before transmigrating to this world as a student in forensic science major 4 years ago, Jiang An was already a university professor in this area. Now, with full marks in all courses, he graduates and joins the Jiangcheng City Public Security Bureau, becoming a forensic doctor. "Everyone is free to express their opinions; whether supporting or opposing the suicide conclusion, feel free to speak up." "It's definitely suicide!" "High school pressure is huge nowadays!" "Mr. Li! I believe that this female student, Li Rui, did not commit suicide! She was hung after death!" said Jiang in a deep voice.

The first letter was a confession. The second reveals another piece of the past. Now Ezra must decide whether he’s solving a case or being led straight into it.

When Vijay, a consciousness from another world, awakens within Adithan’s broken body, he inherits not only fragmented memories, but a life entangled in poverty, political unrest, forbidden knowledge, and a past that refuses to stay buried. As he struggles to piece together Adithan’s final moments, Vijay realizes the supposed suicide may be linked to forces far older and more dangerous than the law—or religion. The world he now inhabits is shaped by the legacy of Agathiyar, a legendary emperor-inventor who fused Siddha mysticism with machinery, creating spirit-engines, revolutionary sciences, and forbidden arts like pulse astrology (Nadi Josiyam)—methods said to read fate directly from the human body. Betrayed, assassinated, and later deified, Agathiyar’s shadow still looms over empires, temples, and secret societies. As Vijay navigates a society divided between gods, engineers, and political powers, he is drawn toward the hidden truth behind Siddha Mayam—a system where the human body itself becomes a conduit for spiritual mechanisms. Each step forward brings him closer to power, but also closer to madness, corruption, and forces that once destroyed a god-king.

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.

"In a game where every move is calculated, the most dangerous player is the one who doesn't know they're playing." At thirty-three, Han Bo-young is the prodigy of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency. A dual graduate of American law and medical schools, she possesses a mind that operates like a supercomputer, dissassembling crime scenes with a clinical coldness that unnerves her peers. But Bo-young is haunted, not by the dead, but by a past and present she's unable to escape from. The city is paralyzed when a series of "impossible" murders begins. The victims are high-profile figures: senators, doctors, and icons, found murdered in very artistic ways. At every scene, a signature is left behind: a single, black obsidian chess piece. The media calls him The Grandmaster, a killer who treats the city as a board and human lives as pawns. As Bo-young leads the hunt, she finds herself trapped in a psychological cage. The killer seems to be omniscient, always aware and prepared for every situation. The pieces are moving. The clock is ticking. And in this game, checkmate means the end of a soul.

A reserved and enigmatic man staying at a quiet temporary hotel finds himself unintentionally involved in a strange incident after meeting a lost child outside a restaurant. Soon, rumors of a mysterious creature abducting people begin to surface, drawing him into a situation he never intended to be part of. But this not the only story interested him. He began to solve and resurface the hidden truth behind the mysterious incidents, while being hidden in the sideline. Author side: I tried to deliver a very different story. You will like it, you like to read melancholic novels. This novel is written in first person narrative style.

In the heart of Seoul, where ambition and trust collide, a brilliant neurosurgeon, a determined detective, a meticulous forensic scientist, and a shadowy informant are drawn together by a series of chilling crimes that shake the city to its core. As the investigation deepens, secrets begin to surface, loyalties are tested, and the line between justice and obsession blurs. Haunted by personal loss and confronting a world where power protects the guilty, each must navigate a dangerous web of deception, fear, and moral compromise. In a society where appearances are everything and nothing is what it seems, even the most principled individuals discover that evil can exist quietly, without warning. “Evil doesn’t announce itself. In the name of order, anything is justified.”

Hiroto Takatana, mystery gaming prodigy, complains a game is too easy. The developer’s response? Transport him to Arinia—a world of magic, monsters, and impossible murders. Now he’s a broke, Pathless detective drowning in debt. His only way home: solve the Ten Wonders, cases that have defeated every magical detective alive.

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.

When a renowned detective takes on a years-old case of missing children in a quiet, remote village, he never expects to uncover a truth this disturbing. In the middle of his investigation, he meets a runaway orphan — a girl with a haunting secret and a peculiar ability to travel through time using photographs from the past. What begins as a search for missing children soon turns into a race against time itself — and a battle to uncover what really happened in the village of Conriyo.

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 are 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. ———— Finished

Ayes had always lived a peaceful, steady life in the quiet town .Life felt predictable and safe. But everything changed on a strange night that would rewrite the future he thought he knew. It started with a storm unlike any anyone had ever seen. The sky twisted into spiraling clouds glowing faintly with violet light. People stepped outside their homes, confused by the unnatural formation, but before they could understand what was happening, the storm vanished in seconds, leaving behind an eerie silence. Ayes tried to ignore the uncomfortable feeling that something was coming, but the uneasiness followed him into the next day. That night , Ayes boarded the night bus heading toward his home. Then the sky roared.An explosion followed. Metal screamed. Light swallowed everything. Ayes lost consciousness.He find himself in a new world. This world is a place where people do not know how to stand still. They are constantly running to learn something new—the mysteries of nature, the tricks of time, and the search for some power that seems impossible to imagine. Here, knowledge is not just knowledge; it is power, it is power, it is a tool to shape fate. The time is the last century of the Middle Ages. But the history of this era is not just a dark shadow—it is a unique blend of secret suffering, mysterious knowledge, and ancient power. The ringing of the bells of the city's church, the silence of the dusty library, and the unknown knowledge hidden inside the dark building—everything is mixed in a strange galaxy. The most mysterious people in this world are Ascendants. They awaken an unknown power that pushes people beyond the ordinary. But this power comes with a path—a path that either leads to the peak of glory or throws them into the deepest darkness. For each Ascendant, this path is his blessing and curse. Once the path is chosen, there is no turning back. They walk between the power to change fate and the wall of death. Every moment here is filled with breathtaking mystery, unknown power, and incredible danger.

Detective Jack Alistair Miller has always been known for his calm, analytical mind—but when a wave of disappearances sweeps through the city, he finds himself chasing a mystery that defies reality. Among the missing is Amelia Hart, a young illustrator whose bloodied apartment and vanished presence hint at something far darker than simple abductions. As Jack digs deeper, he discovers that time itself is fractured. People aren’t just disappearing—they are being erased from existence, and he may be the only one who remembers them. Guided by Eli Rowan, a child who exists outside the normal flow of time, Jack uncovers a horrifying truth: ten years ago, he survived a deadly bus fire that he was never meant to survive, saving 159 others and becoming the First Error. With reality unraveling around him and a mysterious entity known as The Custodian enforcing balance, Jack must decide: defy fate to save Amelia and the lives he’s come to care for, or restore the timeline—and erase himself from existence forever. In a world where survival has a cost, one man will learn that some heroes are meant to be forgotten.

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

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 City of Gold, the cheapest commodity is a human life. Aurion is a city of layers. At the top, the Dwarven nobility live in golden palaces fueled by the massive mines beneath the earth. At the bottom, humans scrape by in the rain-slicked slums of the Lower Ring, grateful for whatever scraps fall from the table. Constable Elian knows his place. As a human officer in the City Watch, his job is to break up bar fights and ignore the excesses of the ruling class. But the fragile peace shatters when a member of the Royal Family, is found dead in an alley. With the city on the brink of civil war, Elian and his dwarven partner, Korg, must go rogue to find the real killer. But as they peel back the layers of the conspiracy, they realize that the bullet was just the beginning. In a city built on gold, someone is digging for something far more dangerous.

Sherlock Holmes receives a mysterious red letter warning that a murder will take place at Blackwood Manor at midnight. When the wealthy Lord Blackwood is found dead inside a locked library, the case appears impossible. Using sharp observation and logic, Holmes uncovers a staged locked-room trick, hidden poison, and a desperate motive for inheritance. In the end, he exposes the victim’s own doctor as the brilliant but flawed mastermind behind the crime.