Hard-boiled Stories

154 Stories

They Don't Care About Robots, Do They? by JanGoesWriting
#1
They Don't Care About Robots, Do T...by Jan Karlsson
Once a cop, now a private eye. Once human, now a cyborg. Dalton Steel had scraped a living investigating the things that were beneath the cops he used to work with. Exce...
Completed
THE BAD GUYS IN: HARD BOILED DOUBLE FEATURE  by BiancaSantana880
#2
THE BAD GUYS IN: HARD BOILED DOUBL...by Bianca Santana
In this hard boiled mystery solving double feature, the bad guys team up with two of the greatest detectives In the world: mystery inc and Tom & Jerry. Ever since myster...
Max Payne by Mar7inMa77h3ws
#3
Max Payneby Martin Matthews
Max Payne is a man with nothing to lose in the violent, cold urban night. A fugitive cop framed for murder, and now hunted by cops and the mob. Max is a man with his bac...
Completed
Leave Her Hanging: A Noir Thriller by ChrisStrange
#4
Leave Her Hanging: A Noir Thrillerby Chris Strange
Now complete! ~~~ Ella Lewis is dead. Someone must pay. “I loved Ella. Now she’s a corpse, cooling off in the morgue with a noose-shaped bruise around her neck. The cops...
Completed
The Sudden Dark by noelwhite66
#5
The Sudden Darkby Noel White
An alcoholic, a loner, a police detective on suspension: Max Hendricks is busy hitting his lowest point when he agrees takes on a favour in his spare time to track down...
Completed
James Bond 007 - No More Promises by MikeMcMahon4
#6
James Bond 007 - No More Promisesby Mike McMahon
"Holiday, ha!" spat James Bond "What was I thinking?" When James Bond is sent to Vienna to attend a meeting at the UN, he realizes that M is merely t...
Completed
Don't Hate Da Playa by SwellOwlStories
#7
Don't Hate Da Playaby Swell Owl Stories
After a hit-and-run occurs outside of his favorite bar, Retired Detective turned Private Eye Josh Slim is asked by the owner to find out the details of the employee's de...
In Place by BryFar
#8
In Placeby Bryan Farrell
Four fast fixes of lockdown life
Completed
Purity/Future 純潔/未來 by ceramideplus
#9
Purity/Future 純潔/未來by Ceramideplus
What should I have mentioned is that this story fell in the genre of mystery, science fiction and thriller. And the main characters were iron-blooded, determined and log...
Identity Crisis (Sam McRae Mystery #1) by DebbiMack
#10
Identity Crisis (Sam McRae Mystery...by DebbiMack
A simple domestic abuse case turns deadly when the alleged abuser is killed and Stephanie Ann "Sam" McRae's client disappears. When a friend asks Sam to find M...
Completed
A Pig Called Spayde by colinjlewis
#11
A Pig Called Spaydeby colinjlewis
'With a dress that red I should have seen the warning signs' What if Missy had never walked into his office and his life? And just what is that necklace she's after? Cyn...
A Bag of Nails by Sam_McGregor
#12
A Bag of Nailsby Sam McGregor
The first time I saw Adam Davis, he was at the casino. The second time he was dead. I have all the luck at making friends. It's a gift. I don't do murder cases. There's...
Completed
Lars Lässig läuft Amok. by doltschevita
#13
Lars Lässig läuft Amok.by doltschevita
Lars Lässig besucht ein Volksfest - und dreht durch.
The Jar of Nephren-Ka by NetworkingGuru
#14
The Jar of Nephren-Kaby Brian Hill
'Rev' Parata is a PI stuck in the orbit of the Big Easy in the 1980's. Life is rough, and he's barely fending off racists and criminals when a member of the British aris...
Completed
Zigzag by AndrezBergen
#15
Zigzagby Andrez Bergen
A hardboiled yarn, served black.
5. The Case of the Zombot Apocalypse by Starship_Captain_88
#16
5. The Case of the Zombot Apocalyp...by Starship Captain 88
Moon Potato and Yancey face a most unexpected situation as The Server succumbs to a breakout of zombies.
Where's Arebella? by BenneLaTute
#17
Where's Arebella?by Benne La'Tute
Everyone in the neighbourhood knew her. Everyone saw her everyday going about her business. Everyone loved her. But nobody knows where she went. Nobody knows what she's...
Halfway to Hell by Garyorchard
#18
Halfway to Hellby Gary Orchard
Ditzy dames and classy broads were always P.I. Mac Jordan's weakness. When a damsel in distress asks for his help he finds himself up against a psychopathic society doct...
Bright Heat (excerpt) by Solomondantes
#19
Bright Heat (excerpt)by Solomon Dantés
It is broken. Everything is broken; The only way is up. Through broken heart. And senseless violence. Comes truth; Comes all the things that you ever needed...
Drawing The Line by robertwhyteus
#20
Drawing The Lineby robertwhyteus
Drawing the Line is a Patrick Casey story by Robert Whyte. It is set somewhere in the mid 1980s when Patrick Casey was still working for Samuelsons, the Brisbane Queensl...
Completed