26 Results with the "Mystery" genre
Definition: suspense, secrets, and crime‑solving.
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Blood Diamonds Tallinn Chapter 1
Wings to the Unknown Emma stared at the flickering screen of her laptop, the glow casting shadows across her cramped Brooklyn apartment. It was past midnight, and the city outside hummed with its usual chaos—sirens wailing, neighbors arguing through thin walls. But her world had narrowed to one tab: a Facebook profile photo of Liina, grinning against a backdrop of medieval spires and snow-dusted forests. Tallinn, Estonia. A place she'd never heard of until a random comment on a travel subreddit led…-
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The Pyramid Chapter 8
ISIS ON EARTH The pyramids pink in the morning light, just as they always are, to this day; but one of them ruddier than the others—the smallest and most beautiful of the three mighty ones, for it is sheathed in polished red granite from its pointed apex down to the mighty platform on which it stands. Ruddier also is the face of the sphinx, of mighty Harmachis, which guards the necropolis of Memphis, for the same queen who sheathed the pyramid of Menkaura in red granite has likewise caused the face…-
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The Pyramid Chapter 7
BACK, FIVE THOUSAND YEARS Carlton felt that there was no need for haste. His first sense of panic had disappeared by this time. In its place had come a feeling of wonder comparatively reflective and calm. He was intensely alert to his physical sensations and his physical surroundings. This was lion-skin on which he reclined. Beneath it was the unmistakable feel of solid rock. "This is an inner chamber of the pyramid," he said softly. "Yes, my own." "And you are Queen Netokris?" "Most…-
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That evening, as I left the company, someone grabbed me from behind, covering my nose and mouth. When I came to, I was tied up and brought to a cliff’s edge. I didn’t struggle at all. The kidnappers called Li Zhenyu, demanding a ransom. He raced over, desperate. The wind whipped around us on the cliff. My dress fluttered as I smiled at Li Zhenyu. “Li Zhenyu, don’t bother saving me.” His eyes were red, and for the first time, I saw a look of utter humility and fear on his face. “Please, let her…-
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My days grew hectic—work during the day, swimming lessons at night. I’d come home with damp hair and changed clothes, which didn’t escape Li Zhenyu’s notice. One evening, as I walked in with my hair still wet, Li Zhenyu called out to me. He sat in the dark living room, a cigar glowing faintly in the shadows. “What have you been so busy with lately?” I didn’t want to talk to him, so I made up an excuse. “Learning a new skill.” A vein pulsed on his temple as he stubbed out the…
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Although I couldn’t openly defy Li Zhenyu, I always found ways to disgust him enough to make him give up on touching me. But tonight, he seemed like a different person. No matter how many times I burped or blew my breath in his face, he ignored me completely. When we got home, he dragged me straight into the bathroom. Without a word, he forced mouthwash into my mouth, tossed me into the bathtub, and turned on the shower, letting icy water pour over me. My coat was crumpled on the floor, and my white…
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The Pyramid Chapter 6
THROUGH GHOSTLY CORRIDORS He knew that they had not entered the Pyramid of Menkaura by the passageway used by tourists to-day. In that monograph of his there is a rough sketch which indicates, so far as possible, the route which he and "the woman" had followed—a succession of ghostly corridors, concerning which there is to-day no other record. Nothing will ever be done about it, most likely. The indications—Carlton admits it frankly enough—leave much to be desired. Neither geometry nor…-
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The Pyramid Chapter 5
INTO THE DARK It may be said with perfect confidence that everything depends on a man's personality, on his temperament, anyway. The Society for Psychical Research, both in England and in America, has paid a good deal of attention to this phase of a man. The majority of people never see a ghost, never have even a ghostly feeling, except a sort of "creepiness," perhaps, when something or other occurs that they do not immediately understand. Yet, over against this truth is the other—that the annals…-
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The Pyramid Chapter 4
NIGHT OF THE NEW MOON Dances, dinners, almost daily letters from Alice up the Nile—which he answered with some fervor, as well as with perfect promptness—and all the other ordinary features of the Egyptian season; yet Carlton could not get away from the feeling of mystery that clung close about him. For that matter, he didn’t try to. It was in keeping with his mood. Only in a roundabout way had he questioned Osman about the apparition he had seen on the steps of the mosque of Ibn-Tulun. It must…-
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Xiaomei couldn’t stop raving about the new exchange student during lunch. "You have to believe me, even just his side profile blows Rui Chen out of the water." She tried to show me blurry photos, but after everything with Rui Chen and Zhou Wang, I had a solid case of "hot-guy PTSD." I managed to avoid her matchmaking, only to see Su Miao striding straight toward me. "Mu Xing, can we talk?" she said coldly. She led me behind the cafeteria, away from prying eyes, dropping her "sweet girl" mask and…-
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