Summer Mystery Short Stories - Page 2

Toby watched the asphalt melt while his sister sold hot lemonade. He was waiting for a crime.

The squirrel dropped from the pine branch, twitching and snapping its teeth at Barbie's outstretched hand.

A routine summer ferry crossing turns violent when a tactical team boards, masking a high-stakes smuggling operation at sea.

Betty uncovers a ledger of crimes during a funeral while her brother watches through a hidden nanny cam lens.

Jane stood in the center of the sweltering beige room, waiting for the grief to finally break her.

A formal rejection from the Ministry. A ticking clock from Apex Mining. A grandfather's cryptic ledger.

Lenny dragged the heavy cardboard box across the linoleum, the bottom tearing open to reveal shattered glass and history.

Mattie Saunders finds a glitching node in Winnipeg’s heat, uncovering a mystery hidden within the province’s new health budget.

Harry ripped the garbage bag open, spilling a nightmare of crooked teeth and shedding fur onto the floorboards.