Cornerstone
Almost every other detective came to a similar conclusion before dropping the case." delarva spoke past the clear indignation in the detective's eyes, and the fear in the eyes of his partner.
Cry Me a Murder, Part III - a Strange Crunching Underfoot
**A Strange Crunching Underfoot** _Previously: In that moment, a loud scream rang out from somewhere inside the hotel, and we froze mid-sentence. It was a man__'s voice, but it wasn't the howl of a human in agony, or a desperate wail of sorrow; It...
Glitch in the Neurotic Matrix
Midway through a panicked recollection of all his memories and doubts, the poor tabby suddenly found my private detective services ad in his father's abandoned newspaper. he thought it was fate.
Nexus - Ch 2 - Into Exile
When she asked about his career as a detective, he ignored her.
Winners and Losers
Not that all the women he'd dated were karens but being a café owner and formerly married to one kind of gave him a sixth sense towards detecting them. "how long did that go on for?" "a minute or two before she suddenly cut off."
Murder at the Speed of Life. (Part 1) My Name is "Friend"
Prologue: My Name is _Friend_ The first thing Eve Kotha noticed when she opened the door to the"Starvin' Darwin" convenience store, was how the air had changed. Until last week, Mrs Glick, the shopkeeper always wore a floral Lakeland perfume that...
Murder at the Speed of Life. (Part 4) The Wolf who Cried Boy.
"_You've dialed 9-1-1; what's the address of the emergency?"_ "_City of Oakfort. Not sure where."_ "_I'm afraid you'll have to be more specific than that, Sir."_ "_There's a church on one side and... I'm in some kind of shop."'_ "_You're calling...
Murder at the Speed of Life. (Part 3) Broken promises.
"This place is a bloody deathtrap!" The fire inspector was a tall, muscular man in his mid-thirties. He had short blond hair and piercing blue eyes, and he sported a full beard that made him look like a tame viking. I got the impression he was not...
Deciphering The Past - 01 - Awakening
detective casey?" he grins as he walks up to him. "oh, my days...mickey, it's really you! how? how did you...i saw you get shot four times in the chest." casey runs up to mickey and hugs him tightly, practically picking him up.
The Fire Without. (Part 2)
"so, you're like a private detective?" "something like that, yes." "i thought you guys wore raincoats and fedoras." i sighed. "not when i'm working undercover." the caretaker shrugged and finally gave me the key. "shit!
Family Secrets
Some of that 'sinful' content turned out to be the very pulp novels and detective noir films he'd shown me as a cub. that day, i learned an important lesson.
Detective Work
The two insects sat inside the detective's office in a glass cage quietly.