Novel-Verse

Read The Paper Trail, a gripping free mystery and noir short story online. Follow Detective Julian Vance as a shredded case file from the District Attorney’s office uncovers a chilling precinct conspiracy written in red ink.

Read Bulletproof Lies, a gripping free mystery and noir short story online. Follow Detective Julian Vance on Pier 14 as he pulls a bullet from his twin brother—a man he legally declared dead three years ago to save his life.

Read The Locked Box, a gripping free mystery and noir short story online. Follow Detective Julian Vance as a mysterious waterlogged mahogany box arrives on his desk, locked with a padlock he threw into the harbor five years ago.

Read Shallow Graves, a gripping free mystery and noir short story online. Follow Detective Julian Vance as he struggles to bury a blackmailer in the frozen woods, haunted by the cynical advice of the victim’s projection.

Read The Vanishing Act, a gripping free mystery and noir short story online. Follow Detective Julian Vance as he investigates the sudden disappearance of a magician from a locked safe, only to find the body of his long-lost partner inside.

Read Three Days to Disappear, a gripping free mystery and noir short story online. Follow Detective Julian Vance as he races against a seventy-two hour countdown after receiving a mysterious obituary predicting his own murder.

Read The Silence of the Valley, a gripping free mystery and noir short story online. Follow Detective Julian Vance as he investigates a series of mysterious disappearances in a remote, snow-bound mountain valley where sound itself seems to vanish.

Read Red Ink, a gripping free mystery and noir short story online. Follow Detective Julian Vance as he investigates a blackmail letter written in the fresh blood of a partner declared dead twelve years ago.

Read The Smoke and the Mirror, a gripping free mystery and noir short story online. Follow Detective Julian Vance as he tracks a legendary thief who leaves his own reflection frozen in a glass mirror at the crime scene.

Read Cold Case on 5th Street, a gripping free mystery and noir short story online. Follow Detective Silas Vance on his final night before retirement as a record-breaking storm uncovers a long-buried secret on 5th Street.