by storyofdetectives | Jul 6, 2025 | Personal/painful
Chapter 1: The Call from BlackharborThe coastal wind battered the side of the SCU van as it wound its way along the C2 highway, the sky above Verrowind bruised purple and gray. At the wheel, Yara Novik kept her jaw set, knuckles white where she gripped the steering...
by storyofdetectives | Jul 5, 2025 | Morally grey
Chapter One: The Shattering of MorningThe sun had only just peaked over the Cloudstep Peaks, laying gold on the bright stucco façades of Silverbarrow’s main street, when the call came in. Mira Lorne’s phone vibrated against her thigh, rattling the mug on her desk. She...
by storyofdetectives | Jun 30, 2025 | Suspenseful
Chapter One: Arrival in HollowbrookRain sheeted across the cracked tarmac as the Verrowind Serious Crimes Unit’s mobile lab van rolled into Hollowbrook, wipers thumping like a weary pulse. The town’s commuter rail station, a boxy structure of new brick and ancient...
by storyofdetectives | Jun 28, 2025 | Suspenseful
Chapter 1: Arrival in SaltmereSaltmere greeted the Serious Crimes Unit with fog and the tang of brine. As their evidence van rumbled off the Coastal Route C2, Mira Lorne, lead investigator, pressed a hand to the window. All she could see were the huddled shacks lining...
by storyofdetectives | Jun 26, 2025 | Tragic
Chapter 1: Gale WarningsThe wind came in hard off the sea that night, rattling the old glass panes of the Blackharbor constabulary. Even from inside their mobile lab van, parked awkwardly behind the squat stone police house, the team could feel the howl in their...
