Crime Writing Prompts

You are a Hitman. The job has gotten stale, so you decide to kill your next few targets in the most ridiculous, nonsensical, convoluted ways you can think of.

"Kill the hostage for all I care; I'm not here to save anyone, I'm only here to kill you."

"If you touch me, I'll charge you with assault!" ... "No, if I touch you, I'll be charged with **murder.**

Someone has been stealing from your house, but you don't know who. In an attempt to catch them, you leave a roll of fake money in the drawer of a stand and wait for it to go missing. While at work, you get a call from the police station.

You recently became a mob boss after spending years in that mob, little do they know, you are an undercover cop.

The first woman to join an all-male police force was disappointed to learn her new job will mostly consist of strip searching recently arrested women. But much to her surprise, she quickly realizes she loves the job.

As much as you want to grieve too, your mind is too focused on everyone else crying in the room. They were the only people present when the death happened and the only people that could’ve poisoned her. The only problem is that she drank from your cup and they got the wrong target.

Burglar protagonist has successfully broken in a mansion. Fortunately the AI in charge of the mansion think the protagonist is the maid working there. Unfortunately for the protagonist the AI thinks they are a maid in need of punishment.

The infamous pirate queen has got her hands on a lovely princess for some ransom money. While she waits for her payment to arrive, she might as well have some fun with her. The question is, will the princess be receptive to it or have to be forced?

You've plotted for the assassination of a hated rival through a contrived process that cannot possibly be traced back to you. It worked so well not even the assassin knew you were the mastermind, so they chose to frame you, "an innocent bystander", for the murder when making their getaway.

You are an English Teacher in Japan, you frequent a local Izakaya for food and drink after work, but the locals tell you to stop going there, you do not understand why until it's someone's birthday and all the regulars rolled up their sleeves revealing yakuza tattoos.

You're an immortal being, and a few of your sentimental keep sakes have been legally taken to be showcased in a museum. Now, you must figure out a way to get them back.

You and your gang Rob a museum, unaware that the artifact you stole was cursed.

"Your guilt shall haunt you!" "I don't have any guilt over killing scumbags like you."

At age 10, you were bitten by a werewolf. As a teenager, you found solace in reruns of Columbo. Now all grown up, you are a homicide detective who is literally sniffing for answers.

Assigned as a deep cover agent to investigate an alien crime lord as their sexual servant. All the other agents assigned had dropped contact, and you're about to find out precisely why

Write a story about the most clumsy and dumb assassin who somehow manages to get the job done.

You realize at the worst possible moment that you've been handed a prop gun

Being a vampire that owns a nightclub that also acts as a restaurant for vampires has its benefits. But with the amount of people going missing from these feedins, it can also have drawbacks that are a pain in the ass.

Killing people is illegal only if you get caught. Obviously, reviving the dead is only illegal if now one knows about it.

A housewife has been content with living a conservative lifestyle. One day, something her snaps and she decides to build a brothel empire behind her husband's back.

A group of prisoners foils an escape to keep the warden from getting fired

The Cocaine Ninja Grandmaster faces off alone against dozens of police officers who have come to arrest him.

You are an ordinary member of society, working a normal job and living a normal life while following all the rules of the law. And yet despite all of that you somehow became good friends with so many criminals, cartels, and even entire criminal organisations.

A number of agents have been sent into deep cover, as members of a Harem belonging to a legendary crime lord. With them all ceasing their reports, now it's your turn

Blackmail: Your anonymous pictures with your boss have been found online, by someone threatening to tell friends/family/workmates unless you make pictures for blackmailer, and the requests get dirtier and dirtier. You do what they demand, but find yourself enjoying it.

Blackmail: You're a local politician. Someone has filmed changing/having sex and is blackmailing you to sleep with them.

While on the run from the police, you start to get hot and bothered by they way they are describing you.

Blackmail: Phone hacked private nudes stolen, threatening to share online unless you do a private strip/masturbation show for your blackmailer. You don't actually care if it gets out, but play along.

He Finally Got a "Girlfriend" Too bad She's a Con Artiste Manipulative Fin-Domme