Over 120 "Mystery & Crime" Writing Prompts
Set in a small, seemingly peaceful town, write about a young detective faced with their first major case involving a local celebrity's murder during a town festival. As they investigate, they uncover the dark undercurrents of small-town politics and rivalries that run deeper than they ever imagined.
Fiction
Mystery & Crime
Detective Fiction
Write a story set in a small coastal town where everyone harbors secrets. A local journalist starts receiving pieces of a shredded photograph that, when pieced together, suggest a long-ago crime connected to one of the town's most respected figures. Unravel the mystery through interwoven narratives from different townsfolk, culminating in a surprising revelation.
Fiction
Mystery & Crime
Crime Fiction
During the Inti Raymi Festival in Cusco, Peru, an ancient relic is stolen from a small indigenous museum. The museum's curator, a passionate advocate for preserving Incan culture, must ally with a skeptical Spanish historian to find the relic. Explore their conflicritical perspectives and evolving relationship as they follow clues that lead them across diverse communities affected by the theft.
Fiction
Mystery & Crime
Multicultural Fiction
A seasoned detective fighting to prove herself in a predominantly male police department is tasked with solving a high-profile robbery case. The twist: the thieves have left behind a cryptic trail of literary clues, all pointing to a famous novelist’s works. She must crack the code before the culprits strike again.
Fiction
Mystery & Crime
Women Detectives
In a quiet suburban town, a series of houses have been burglarized, all while the families were attending Sunday service. The local sheriff, who was weeks from retirement, must solve the case quickly but discovers an unexpected link between the burglaries and his own past.
Fiction
Mystery & Crime
A local journalist, known for their crime column, receives anonymous, cryptic puzzles that seem linked to recent disappearances in the city. Each puzzle solved reveals a part of the city’s dark underbelly and uncovers secrets the journalist was never meant to find.
Fiction
Mystery & Crime
Create a tale set in the roaring 1920s about a private investigator haunted by their past, who takes on a seemingly straightforward case of espionage that turns out to be connected to their own mysterious heritage.
Fiction
Mystery & Crime
Detective Fiction
Set in the 1920s, a sharp-witted woman running a private investigation firm takes on a case that society’s elite deem too scandalous to touch. She must use her cunning and bravery to infiltrate high society and unravel a case involving a missing heiress, cryptic letters, and a secret society.
Fiction
Mystery & Crime
Women Detectives
A detective specializing in unsolved cases returns to his small hometown to solve the only case that eluded him: the disappearance of his high school best friend twenty years ago. Each clue he uncovers dredges up old secrets the town buried long ago and some of his own.
Fiction
Mystery & Crime
Detective Fiction
A forensic psychologist is called to a high-profile courtroom trial to determine the sanity of a defendant accused of a string of gruesome murders. During the trial, the psychologist begins to receive mysterious notes that contain information only the real murderer would know, suggesting the accused might be innocent.
Fiction
Mystery & Crime
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