Beneath the Floorboards
“Detective Harper didn’t believe in ghosts, but this case was different. A missing girl, a locked room, and the sound of tapping beneath the floor.”…
Category: Detective/Crime
Scriblia Detective/Crime Stories
The Girl Who Never Died
Seven years ago, Detective Adrian Cole found the body of Sophie Langley, a college student murdered in her apartment. Her case went cold. But tonight,…
The Last Call
The phone rang at exactly 2:07 AM—the same time every night. Detective Emma Pierce picked up. A distorted voice whispered, “You have 24 hours left.”…
The Last Text
The victim’s phone was found in the alley, screen cracked, a single text unsent. “I know who you are.” Detective Jonah Reed stared at the…
The Red String
Detective Eliza Moore had seen all kinds of murders, but this one was different. The victim, a renowned journalist, was found strangled with a red…
The Locked Room Trick
Detective Sam Walters hated locked-room mysteries. A man was shot in the chest inside a vault, locked from the inside. No gun was found. No…
The Man in the Mirror
For weeks, Detective Olivia Chen had been chasing a serial killer who always left a mirror at the crime scene. Tonight, she found herself staring…
The Body That Wasn’t There
Detective Mark Graves stood over the bloodstained carpet. No body. No weapon. Just a massive pool of blood. The forensics team confirmed it: someone had…
The Vanishing Key
When billionaire Arthur Langley was found dead in his high-security penthouse, the first question wasn’t who—but how. The steel door was locked from the inside.…
The Silent Witness
The crime scene was pristine, almost too clean. No fingerprints, no murder weapon—just a body slumped in the leather chair of a dimly lit study.…