detective

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.

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 ae 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. ———— I will post one chapter a day!

1947 — A detective hunts the thief of a priceless gem, but the case unravels into something deeper than crime. When the stolen stone begins to twist the laws of the world, Murphy realizes he isn’t chasing a man — he’s chasing the collapse of meaning itself. A hardboiled noir story about crime, existence, and the quiet horror of watching reality come undone. Disclaimer: The prose or story has been heavily processed through Quillbot and Grammarly. I intentionally used these tools to strip away human 'warmth' from the narration. If the prose feels mechanical, the tools are working as intended.

Tokyo, 2026. The neon lights of Shinjuku hide a darkness that has slept for three hundred years. When a body is found suspended upside down in a forgotten drainage tunnel, drained of blood by a single, surgical cut, the police see a cartel hit. But Detective Kenji Sano sees something else. He sees "Tsurushi" -The Pit, an agonizing torture method used by the Shogunate to crush the spirits of traitors. This is not a murder. It is a sentencing. Kenji Sani and his partner, the hulking veteran Manjiro Tenken, soon realize they are hunting a ghost. A killer who follows no modern logic, only the brutal, bloody code of Feudal Japan What awaits more?

"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.

From the lens of Aspres Amari, a teenager who learned how to survive by watching. A city burns. A boy dissapears. What remains is memory—fragmented, broken, and dangerous. Aspres is asked to remember, not to confess, but to explain what happened. What follows is not an answer, but a pattern of missing children, quiet deals, little mistakes, and violence. As police ask questions, Aspres recounts what happened—what was seen, what was touched, and what was heard. Showing that children, earlier than anyone else, learn to navigate corruption before they even know what it means. After a boy went missing in 1952, a small-town outsider becomes a pawn in a game of power, violence, and revenge. Secrets are heard only through whispers in the shadows, traded like currency, every choice, no matter how small brings the city a step over despair, and closer to collapse. This is a story about corruption, consequences, and what happens when power is selfishly handled. This story is being moved to RoyalRoad.

Look Behind is an urban psychological thriller about identity, control, and the quiet horror of living two lives at once. Paul is a student by day, an observer by necessity, and something far less ordinary by night. His life runs on repetition. School. Work. Surveillance. Every choice feels scripted, like something unseen is always standing just behind him. The story begins with a quiet alley incident. A transfer student is killed. Two people witness it. And somehow, Paul is there. What starts as a simple investigation fractures into something deeper. Paul wants answers—but the closer he gets, the less control he seems to have. Decisions are made around him. Paths are closed without explanation. And someone else keeps stepping in before he can. A GHOST, who leaves the scene like rituals. Appears and disappear with only leaving a meaning which shouldn't exist. As justice gives way to obsession, and normalcy becomes a liability, Paul is forced to confront a question he can no longer avoid: Is he chasing the truth… or being guided toward it? And the at the end only one question remains. Can you solve the first? Or story sloves you first?

At seven years old, Ari watches her parents—high-ranking government officials—gunned down before her eyes. The murder is clean, sanctioned, and buried beneath bureaucracy. From that moment, Ari believes she is made of revenge. She grows up sharpened by grief, raised by her uncle Gideon, a man who lives in the shadows as a powerful underground crime lord yet operates by an unbreakable personal code. Gideon teaches Ari discipline, restraint, and the true cost of power—without ever letting her become corrupt.

The Quiet Person Luna Nakamori was a quiet, emotionless girl, invisible to most—except to the five friends who tormented her relentlessly. Bullied, mocked, and pushed to the edge, Luna’s despair twisted into something terrifying: one by one, she kidnapped and eliminated those who had destroyed her childhood. Seven years later, she emerges from the shadows—not as a criminal, but as a prodigy of the Special Investigation Force, solving thirteen impossible cases in just three days and earning a reputation as the Silent Moon. Yet her calm is fragile. The world is not what it seems. Chosen children across the globe awaken with strange powers, shadows manifesting at the pull of the moon, and a cosmic entity known only as the Watcher begins to stir. As Luna faces new threats, including rogue Chosen, remnants of the Puppeteer, and the Watcher itself, she must navigate a deadly path between life and death, sanity and madness, myth and reality. In a story where silence is power, fear is a tool, and the night can remember everything, Luna will discover that the greatest horrors are not the monsters outside—but the ones inside.

The Nébuleuse:- > Lucien, an ambitious university student With a unique flair for fashion design, catches the eye of Mademoiselle Bella Leclair, a world-renowned designer with a powerful reputation. She chooses him as her apprentice, and he believes he's found his path to the top. But within the lavish studio and beneath the runway lights, layers of secrets being to unfold: suspicious alliance's, haunting truths from the past, and perhaps rules of success that must be broken. what starts as a professional opportunity soon becomes a personal and moral trail, and Lucien Must decide whether to climb the tower of fashion at the cost of his values-or carve out his own path. Tags: •Action •Adventure •super natural •Dark Drama •Royal Family •Organisation •Kills •Political •mystery •antihero •slice of life •Sci-fi •Comedy •Romance

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.

Once Upon a Mystery — Synopsis At just 26 years old, Pennyworth Hale is already a legend in the world of crime investigation—having solved 50 drug cases, 65 murders, and 47 kidnappings. Calm, brilliant, and feared by criminals, Pennyworth believes every crime follows logic. Until Michigan proves him wrong. A forensic psychologist is found dead in a locked room—no wounds, no poison, only a smile. Before Pennyworth can uncover the truth, another suspect is executed with a single gunshot, and the investigation turns into a psychological nightmare. Evidence disappears. Witnesses lie. And Pennyworth himself becomes the prime suspect. Now hunted by the law, Pennyworth is forced into an unwilling partnership with Morsh, a rough, unpredictable officer assigned to watch him. Alongside an investigative journalist and a grieving mother caught in the crossfire, Pennyworth uncovers a killer who doesn’t just commit murders—he writes them, turning justice into a twisted story where guilt decides fate. As the body count rises and the killer closes in, Pennyworth must outthink an enemy who knows his methods, his past, and his mind. In a game where every move is watched and every truth has a price, one question remains: Can the world’s greatest detective solve a mystery that was written to destroy him?

Word of advice : check out vol 0 for the world building and lore. "Sixty-two years ago, the rifts opened and monsters invaded Earth, humanity survived because some people gained powers called Crests, now the world belongs to the gifted. Marcus Chen has nothing, no powers, no money, no future. Just a cancer diagnosis and three months to live, that was Until he died in an illegal experiment and wakes up in someone else's body. The body of Huey Cross - elite student at Virelia Institute, the world's top university for Crest bearers. But Huey wasn't just a student, he was a vigilante and detective hunting the people behind those experiments. Marcus inherits Huey's life, his enemies, and Jazz - an AI system that helps solve any mystery. The problem? He has no idea how he died, where the real Huey went, or why people keep trying to kill him.

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.

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 quiet town of Eldridge, where the mist from the nearby river lingers like a silent witness, a series of mysterious disappearances shakes the community. Detective Lucas Ward, a seasoned investigator haunted by his past failures, teams up with investigative journalist Emma Hale, whose instincts for uncovering hidden truths have made her both respected and feared. As they delve deeper, clues lead them between the eerie streets of the town and the bustling shadows of the city. Every secret they uncover reveals another layer of deception, and every ally may hide a dark motive. With time running out, Lucas and Emma must navigate a web of lies, confront their own demons, and chase whispers that could either save lives—or destroy them.

Rahul Kumar fails the police exam and loses everything—his future, his girlfriend Ananya, and his faith in the system. When Ananya is found brutally murdered, her organs stitched into a grotesque puppet doll, Rahul becomes the prime suspect. Framed by his rival Niraj and hunted by corrupt police, Rahul escapes custody and becomes a fugitive in 2006 Bhopal. With a city-wide manhunt closing in, he must investigate the case himself to find the real "Puppet Dancer" serial killer.

A scientist uncovers a material that can bend time-and disappears. Years later, his son hunts global threats without knowing the truth about his own past. Some secrets are buried underground. Others are buried in time. When a global research project promises to save the planet, it instead unleashes something far more dangerous. As hidden experiments, fractured timelines, and long-buried truths begin to surface, a young operative is pulled into a mystery that feels disturbingly personal. Shoot to Thrill is a science-fiction thriller with elements of romance, mystery, and emotional drama-where love, loss, and loyalty collide with the consequences of rewriting fate. This is a serialized version of an upcoming novel. More updates and behind-the-scenes on Instagram: @writtenby_varun

When fate unravels, even the Web must weave anew. Walter Kovacs — better known as Rorschach, the uncompromising vigilante from a dying world — awakens in a strange universe filled with masked heroes who all share the mark of the spider. Here, mercy is currency, morality is blurred, and the Inheritors feast upon spider-totems across countless realities. But Rorschach is no Spider-Man. No powers. No great destiny. Only an unyielding code: "Evil must be punished." As he carves a bloody path through predators and impostors alike, his presence distorts the sacred Web of Life. To some, he’s a dangerous anomaly. To others, a necessary shadow. Yet when a new Inheritor mutation arises — one even the combined Spider-Army cannot stop — the Web itself acknowledges him as something new: the Masked Totem, the first outsider to ever be woven into destiny. Justice in the Spider-Verse will never be the same. *Updates may be inconsistent due to Uni and my other on going works (plz check them out) but I aim for 7 chapters a week. Hope you Enjoy Bonus Chapters: 10 Power Stones 30 Power Stones

Year 19,001 since Founding. Russell Auburn, the youngest mage in history to be granted the nobility rank of Baron from a commoner status thanks to his numerous contributions to the kingdom, exited the royal palace after having been awarded the unprecedented title of “Greatest Detective of All Time” by the reigning monarch himself. Journalists swarmed him outside the palace gates and questioned one after another, “Esteemed Baron, there are rumors in the royal capital that only by relying on your wife's background did you reach your current heights! What's your opinion about this?” “At the recently concluded sensational case of ‘Frost Willow Conspiracy’ we received some dubious tipoff that you exposed their treachery only because the price they offered couldn't satisfy your appetite? Please give your comments to expel such negative rumors.” “During The Massacre of Little Clover Township, the tragic incident over a hundred years ago, an unconfirmed source says that you could have saved more people but deliberately didn't do so for personal motives! Is there any truth to this or could you perhaps have had some unknown difficulties at that time?” “Esteemed Baron…” Hearing their nonstop smearing campaign Russell felt his blood pressure soar! If not for the fact that all of these journalists had backers in the royal court then he would have shown them the consequences for questioning an aristocrat so blatantly. He kept a calm expression as he replied, “Everyone! Those are all nothing but rumors spread by jealous people! I hope that journalist friends would uphold their professional values and not endorse the words of rumormongers.” Russell summoned his Pegasus with a wave of his hand while adding arrogantly, “As for me relying on my wife's background? That's a foolish joke! She proposed marriage first not only because of our deep love but also because I was very talented in my profession. She had the foresight to see my potential way back in my humble beginnings. That's all!” He gracefully sat on top of the Pegasus, riding away in style but not before forcefully saying his famous line, “I have reached my current position only by relying on talent, loyalty, and righteousness!” ••• for inquiry: @lateautumndays1 (on instagram)