Over 120 "Mystery & Crime" Writing Prompts
After receiving troubling, anonymous letters hinting at buried secrets in her hometown, a detective returns to uncover the truth. What starts as a personal journey quickly turns into a troubling investigation into decades-old cold cases that someone powerful does not want reopened.
Fiction
Mystery & Crime
Women Detectives
In a quiet coastal town, a woman detective returns to her childhood home to care for her aging father. She soon stumbles upon old police files hidden in the attic, revealing a forgotten cold case that seems eerily connected to her mother's unsolved disappearance decades ago.
Fiction
Mystery & Crime
Women Detectives
During the grand reopening of an old opera house, the leading actress goes missing right before her debut performance. A rookie detective, who was attending the show as a guest, is thrust into a case filled with theatrical rivalries, long-hidden secrets, and a haunting soundtrack that seems to predict the next moves of the perpetrator.
Fiction
Mystery & Crime
Detective Fiction
Set in a snowy, secluded town in Scandinavia, a local police officer of Sami descent discovers an old, unsolved case file from the 1960s about a missing indigenous activist. As she investigates the case, unsettling connections to the town’s most revered legends and her own family start to surface, challenging the historical narrative of the community.
Fiction
Mystery & Crime
Multicultural Fiction
On the eve of a historical peace treaty signing, the chief negotiator goes missing. A detective with a background in espionage is called in to discretely investigate the disappearance amidst political turmoil. As they delve deeper, they uncover a web of covert operations and double agents, with each discovery leading dangerously closer to an international crisis.
Fiction
Mystery & Crime
Detective Fiction
When priceless works of art start disappearing from a new women-only museum, an acclaimed detective renowned for her art theft recoveries is brought in. Hidden beneath the museum’s celebration of female artists, she uncovers an intricate web of former art thieves turned security experts, challenging her to discern ally from adversary.
Fiction
Mystery & Crime
Women Detectives
In a quiet suburban neighborhood, all the pets start behaving oddly, leading their owners to uncover clues to a decades-old unsolved crime. Write from the perspective of a community trying to piece together the mystery using only the strange behaviors and newfound clues from their pets.
Fiction
Mystery & Crime
Craft a tale in a sedate seaside town in Brazil, where the rhythm of life is suddenly disrupted by the murder of a well-loved priest. The investigation uncovers a century-old feud between two families, revealing deep-seated racial and cultural tensions.
Fiction
Mystery & Crime
Multicultural Fiction
Your protagonist is a crime scene cleaner who discovers evidence that the police missed at a murder site. Choosing to investigate on their own, they unwittingly become entangled in the local underworld. Detail their secret double life, juggling normalcy by day, and delve deeper into the crime by night.
Fiction
Mystery & Crime
Crime Fiction
A retired detective receives an anonymous letter one morning, listing the dates and locations of forthcoming crimes, eerily precise. Driven out of retirement, they must uncover who is sending these letters and why—all while trying not to interfere with ongoing police investigations.
Fiction
Mystery & Crime
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