Best Explicit Mystery Fanfics
The 18 most-loved explicit mystery fanfics on AO3, ranked by kudos. A fair-play mystery makes the reader a participant, and fandom's deep character knowledge makes the misdirection more fun — you know these people, and you're still wrong.
Top 18 Explicit Mystery Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Every fic on this list is tagged with mystery and rated Explicit.
All Our Secrets Laid Bare
by firethesound_HP_archive
Over the six years Draco Malfoy has been an Auror, four of his partners have turned up dead. Harry Potter is assigned as his newest partner to investigate just what is going on.
An Issue of Consequence
by Faith Wood (faithwood)
Draco has woken up in an alternate universe. Or he has woken up utterly insane. Nothing else can possibly explain why Harry Potter suddenly seems to think he's Draco's boyfriend.
Quiet Rapture
by lalazee
That A/B/O fic where cocky Alpha Bakugou falls in mate-love at first scent, while Midoriya is just a poor bookstore-owning Omega who got his nose punched in is a kid and can't smell a damn thing. Also known as: That time an Alpha had to use his actual personality to woo his mate instead of relying o
Draco Malfoy, It's Your Lucky Day
by Faith Wood (faithwood)
Even though he's unarmed, injured, lost in the Forbidden Forest, and facing a possible murder charge, Draco Malfoy gets lucky.
Hotshot
by SarcastCity
Vi looks at the big clock on the far wall. 7:46AM. She’s one minute late today. Every morning for the past six months - well, every morning Vi’s been on shift, so she’s just assuming about the other days - she’s passed by at exactly 7:45AM, always at a brisk walk, always in a perfectly-tailored suit
At Your Service
by Faith Wood (faithwood)
Hogwarts students are in danger; Harry is determined to save them all. There's only one thing he knows for certain: Draco Malfoy is somehow involved.
From Wiltshire, With Love
by MistressLynn
Hermione convinces Draco to spy for the Order and she becomes his handler. But what are his true motivations? Hard to say when he's still figuring that out himself.WINNER: 2022 Top Dramione Fics on Reddit4th Place Wartime2nd Place BAMF!Hermione........................................................
The Hunt
by Caeseria
While working on a delicate mission to protect Konoha, Hunter-nin Iruka has to collaborate with Inu, an ANBU captain he finds both dangerous and intriguing. For the sake of both Konoha and the mission, Iruka must protect his identity at all costs, even when he’d prefer not to.
lostland.
by Daebon
“Jimin-ssi, it's very important that you cooperate with me, ok?” “Ok.” “Do you a know ‘Min Yoongi’?” Jimin hesitates. Then, “Y-Yes.” “Do you know a ‘Jung Hoseok’?” Jimin nods, his jaw clenching shut as he tries to hold back the roiling nausea in his gut. The police officer just stares back a
Gaslight
by SisterSpooky1013
Dana wakes up to a life she doesn’t recognize, a life in which someone very important is missing—if only she could remember who.
After The Storm
by bordercollie111
After the worst storm ever recorded in the history of the UK and Ireland, Franko Primavera, drummer of the rock mega-band INTENCIoN, disappears off the coast of Ireland, and is presumed dead.Six months later, widowed teacher Nick Nelson encounters a new face in his sleepy Scottish adopted hometown,
The Deals
by SarahMikaelson
Ten years after Voldemorts fall. After letting himself be dragged into his grandfather’s schemes, Draco Malfoy is forced to do the unthinkable: ask Hermione Granger, of all the witches in Great Britain, for help keeping the Aurors off his family's back. In doing so, he must finally confront feelings
Ignition
by Zzyxx
Ted and Rebecca work at two different fire stations in small town Kansas. Due to a previous run-in with one another, they have become enemies, and no one can convince them to put their animosities aside. When fires start being ignited in their area, they must work together to determine who is starti
Something In The Shadows
by sequelseagull
Jaskier built his career on monster legends, travelling the country as the host of a cryptid documentary series, chasing things that probably don't exist into places he probably shouldn't be. Geralt is his bodyguard, hired to keep him alive through increasingly unwise filming decisions. What Jaskier
Heart of Poison
by OnsidianInk
The seeds of distrust have been planted in the Court of Hyrule. The era of Twilight has been over for seven years, yet Zelda's authority has been called into question.Her advisors turn on her as she sets out to escort a foreign envoy to Hyrule.Link, having left a life of servitude as a royal knight,
Join me in death
by Sylveonnx
Satoru Gojo is a world-famous model, known for a beauty that seems unaffected by time and a history of relationships that always end in a strangely consistent way. When journalist Suguru Geto begins to investigate the patterns behind these stories, a series of deaths and disappearances becomes incre
The Disappearance of Gavin Reed
by sekorosa
Hank Anderson has no love for Gavin Reed. The man's an asshole, always has been. But an entire cop goes missing for three weeks and nobody — not the department, not his friends, not a single person — can point to his ghost?That doesn't sit right with him.And neither, unfortunately, does the android.
The Batman of Gotham
by utterlychangedintofire
The Batman. Year One. A mysterious invitation draws Bruce Wayne into a much larger world than he anticipated.
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About This List
This list of 18explicit Mystery fanfics spans 2,595,384 total words. Kudos range from 12 on the newest entries to 54,340 on the most established. 61% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Explicit (18 of 18 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Mystery · Slow Burn · Enemies to Lovers · HP: EWE · Hogwarts Eighth Year.
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