Write a mystery where the detective realizes at the last moment that they have the wrong suspect.

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“Joe Crumble 2 Case of the broken Tea Pot” by Shadow Morris

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Joe Crumble here once again. Your beloved famous detective of Natashafalls. You saw how I made the front page of my average newspaper? I have many case requests now. People of Natashafalls must've thought I was more than usual after my picture having Angel arrested made the news, because I am now busier than EVER! More clients than I can handle. One Lady's request was where her dentures where... (they were in her hands.) A teacher from Natashafalls holiday school called about graffiti on their school walls... (It was a student). I was men...

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“Honey Tea And A Summer Breeze.” by Emily Matthews

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Donna was always the quiet type. With parents who taught her to hold her tongue and sit up straight, it was no wonder she ended up that way. They always told her 'the world will never change; it favours the wicked and leaves the rest to perish'. Of course, they always placed themselves with the perished crowd, dragging Donna along with them. From the time she began school to the day of graduation, none of her classmates had much to say about her. She was bland. She blended in. When letter after letter of college acceptances landed on...

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“The Wrong Suspect” by Mickie Royce

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I got a call from my friend, Mark Daffy. I answered the phone and held it up to my ear. I greeted him cheerfully, but his response wasn't as pleasant. "Andy," He said, his breathing shaky and ragged. "I need you to come to the house." "What's wrong?" I asked, worried. "Is everything okay?" "Andy," He spoke again. His voice started to break. "I need you to come to the house. Please..." "Okay," I agreed. "I'll be there in twenty." Exactly twenty minutes later, I arrived at my friend's house. The door was cracked open. Strange. Who had le...

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“The Suspect ” by Max Miller

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I entered the small room. The small bulb flickered as I sat down with the murderer. This case was maybe the most confusing case of my 13-year career. I looked in the man's eyes. He didn't look anything like a murderer. But looks are always deceiving. I took out a small folder of files from my jacket. He looked at me with sad eyes. I started to read the files to him. "James Kilic, age 29, Male, College student for Gateway University?" "Yes." "Owner of a handgun?" "legally I do, yes." "On&...

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“Caught or so I thought” by Kimani Bonner

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It was a rainy day when I got the call. "Hello?" I said " Hi y-y-yes..." the voice of a woman stuttered "Hello ma'am what is the problem?" What the voice said sent chills down my back and I don't get scared so easily. " P-P-Please h-h-help m-m-me I am stuck here he is going to kill me..." Then the line went dead. So I did what any other detective would do: call up their team to help them solve the case. I first called my computer girl Mimi to track the phone number, after that I called my best guys in this business Nathion, and Darrel. The b...

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“Redemption ” by Carol Keefer

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Detective Green breathes a sigh of relief as he finishes up his report so he can lay to rest the murder case of the store clerk. “It’s all too easy,” Trevor muses to himself as he goes over the details one more time before heading home.“Great job, Green,” Chief Williams said. His coworkers swarm around, each praising him on a job well done. It’s not that he doesn’t appreciate all of the attention from the other officers, but as he would say, “I’m only doing my job.” A job for the past twenty years this month, j...

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“On one New Year's Eve” by Mt Shelly

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The quaint bedroom was beautifully adorned with lavish curtains and sandalwood furniture. The ornaments lined across the shelves looked down upon the Persian carpet that covered the floor. The ceiling too would have been a wonderful sight if it wasn’t for the body hanging from the chandelier. John Regium, the wealthy owner of the Regium mansion, was no more. According to Ms. Norris, the housekeeper, he had decided that he wanted nothing more of his life. The poor chap grabbed a silk scarf and did away with himself. However, the conundrum ar...

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“DETECTIVE "T" ” by Anil Chowhan

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Three families were went to complain at police station to complain that 4 girls (REKHA,PRIYA,ASHA,DEEPA)of 14 year old of same hostel was got pregnant positive. As per the F.I.R they said that due to covid 19 lock down girls are came and staying at home only.suddenly girl's (chowhan's - REKHA AND PRIYA:ROSHAN'S ASHA AND CHOUDARY'S DEEPA )are feel down 3 - 4day different from each other loop of and then they visited to hospital where they come to know they are pregnant,this are the reports an...

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“Santa's dead” by Emma Harris

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"Hey, Min! New case just came in!" William said as he slid over on his chair and dropped a thin folder onto his partners desk."What's this one about?" Yoonki asked."I don't really know. I just took a glance but I figured you'd like to look at it together. We are partners after all." Yoonki nodded."I guess so." He started to open the folder but William slammed his hand on it, closing the folder."How about we look at this over coffee? It's early in the morning and we already have a case. Isn't that a reason to get a little energy?" Yoonki star...

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“An Open and Shut Case” by Zomo Bean

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I live in Sliver Springs, a sleepy hamlet town in the English countryside. Nothing really exciting happens here, and the most excited thing to be featured in the Silver Springs Gazette is that a sheep trampled into someone's yard and destroyed their prized voilets. I used to work for Scotland Yard, but I got reassigned to the small town. The town only had less than a thousand people, trufully I think there is more sheep than people. I get the usual run of the mill cases- property disbutes or disorderly contuct. My job isn't that glamerous...

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“Ivy's Diary ” by Aahna Aggarwal

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Sept. 15, 2000 Dear Diary, Today was a crazy day. We were at the skating center and suddenly out of nowhere, the police came. They were looking for someone. Apparently, there was a murder downtown. They got a lead and said that the murderer was headed in this direction. Strange, isn’t it? Anyway, we had to leave early because they were roping the place off for any evidence. They asked each of us for our names as we walked out. Everyone was kind of in a bad mood cause that was our group’s only outing since forever. They’re all still super bum...

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“A Hound's Crime” by Jordan Harrell

Submitted to Contest #72

Cadet Mathews waved an evidence bag in their hands. “They’ve got a positive print.” He said as he jogged over to the detective. Detective Gibson stared at the silver goblet. Why anyone would try to steal something as tacky as that was beyond her. She noticed gauze wrapping on Mathews’ arm. “How bad is it?” she asked, motioning towards it. “Dog bite. But look, I got the Goblet!” He said enthusiastically, pulling his shirtsleeve down. “Lighter than I expected though.” “Doesn’t make it any less of a crime.” Gibson said. “Especially considering ...

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“The Day I Lost My Harmony ” by Stephanie Jeannot

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I felt completely overwhelmed. I could barely catch my breath because someone yanked the stacks of harmony out of my heart and I had no idea who. I could not stop myself from crying because all of a sudden, everyone around me was a suspect and the trust I had for them changed.“Did anyone see my harmony?”“Where did you place it?”"It was here a minute ago, but just like that, it is gone.”“You sure that you did not shield it somewhere before you got here?”I felt like a caged bird unable to connect and so distracted by my missing harmony that it...

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“The Wrong Investigation Of Butterflies ” by Ujjal Mandal

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Once upon a time there was a tree full of blooming flowers and Pra, Jaa, Paa and Tii, the four butterflies made the flowers their homes. They lived there happily along with twenty other butterflies. They all collected honey from the flowers daily and preserved it for their future use. They thought themselves as the beauty of flowers and the honey is the jewellery of their beauty. It was a hot summer day, all butterflies fell asleep upon the flower beds after sipping ambrosia. But when they woke up they found nothing inside the flowers. ...

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“He never saw it coming ” by Taja Jones

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Trigger warning - mentions of gun violence, illegal activity, and gang violence , and deathYou know if you were to tell Cole Connor six months ago that he would be serving a life sentence for 15 different crimes, he would've laughed right in your face. Well, that is now his reality, if only he would have known looked closer maybe he would have seen it coming.You see it all started that day he was taken off desk duty at work. "Connor the Sergeant wants to see you in his office now says it is important"Brian called out to him on the way back t...

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Write a mystery where the detective realizes at the last moment that they have the wrong suspect.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 117 stories

“Joe Crumble 2 Case of the broken Tea Pot” by Shadow Morris

“Honey Tea And A Summer Breeze.” by Emily Matthews

“The Wrong Suspect” by Mickie Royce

“The Suspect ” by Max Miller

“Caught or so I thought” by Kimani Bonner

“Redemption ” by Carol Keefer

“On one New Year's Eve” by Mt Shelly

“DETECTIVE "T" ” by Anil Chowhan

“Santa's dead” by Emma Harris

“An Open and Shut Case” by Zomo Bean

“Ivy's Diary ” by Aahna Aggarwal

“A Hound's Crime” by Jordan Harrell

“The Day I Lost My Harmony ” by Stephanie Jeannot

“The Wrong Investigation Of Butterflies ” by Ujjal Mandal

“He never saw it coming ” by Taja Jones

🌟 Similar prompts

Write a romance where your character falls in love with the last person they expected to.

Write about someone getting a job offer they never would have thought to apply for.

Write about someone who gets an inheritance from a relative they’ve never heard of, but they’ll need to do something completely outside their comfort zone in order to collect it.

Write a science fiction story where all human behavior can be predicted — until your character does something the algorithm did not expect.

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