Over 120 "Mystery & Crime" Writing Prompts
During a high-stakes poker game, a player realizes that the game is a cover for the players to communicate about an upcoming major crime. Pretending to be oblivious, they delve into their role, trying to gather as much information as possible. Write about their covert operation to thwart the crime while playing the game.
Fiction
Mystery & Crime
Crime Fiction
Write a story set in a small coastal town where every full moon, a priceless artifact is stolen from the local museum. The night watchman is baffled, as the security footage mysteriously turns to static during the crucial hours.
Fiction
Mystery & Crime
At a prestigious private detective academy, students are assigned cold cases to solve as their final exam. One student uncovers new evidence in a case involving the unsolved murder of a famous author. Her investigation reveals that the victim’s stories were not as fictional as they seemed, and that the truth might involve the academy’s administration.
Fiction
Mystery & Crime
Detective Fiction
During a routine audit of the evidence room, a young detective notices irregularities with the items logged from a decade-old unsolved case. Explore her clandestine re-investigation into the high-profile disappearance of a city councilman that leads her deep into the past corruption of her own department.
Fiction
Mystery & Crime
Police Stories
A notoriously dedicated small-town detective, set to retire in a month, stumbles upon a series of cryptic notes left in random locations around town. Each note promises to reveal the secrets of a long-cold case everyone has forgotten. Write the story of the detective's final unraveling of this mystery.
Fiction
Mystery & Crime
Police Stories
In an alternate reality where everyone has the ability to erase a single day in their life from everyone's memory once they turn 18, a detective specializing in "erased day" cases struggles to uncover the truth behind a high-profile politician's day of choice. As the investigation deepens, the detective uncovers a web of political intrigue and deception.
Fiction
Mystery & Crime
Detective Fiction
Craft a narrative around a coastal town police officer who discovers maritime artifacts that are linked to thefts at local museums. Explore the blending of local lore with investigative procedure as they unravel the network behind the artefacts' disappearance.
Fiction
Mystery & Crime
Police Stories
A disaster at a multicultural festival is initially thought to be an accident. However, a local chef with a past filled with culinary espionage suspects foul play. Teaming up with an immigrant private investigator whose unorthodox methods are influenced by his cultural heritage, they delve into a spicy mix of cultural cuisines and dark secrets to uncover the truth.
Fiction
Mystery & Crime
Multicultural Fiction
Write a story from the perspective of a detective who has been called to solve a high-profile art heist in a bustling metropolis. As they follow the trail of the elusive art thief, they start receiving cryptic clues that somehow relate back to their own hidden past.
Fiction
Mystery & Crime
Crime Fiction
A retired ballet dancer inherits a crumbling mansion from an unknown relative and finds a series of coded messages hidden in old playbills and music sheets. Decide what secrets these messages uncover and how she uses her network from her dancing days to solve the mystery.
Fiction
Mystery & Crime
Women Detectives
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