best first mystery novel

Matteo and Sylvie are unaware of the generational curse that has befallen Sylvie's family . When Sylvie's parents learn of her accident, they rush to the hospital, only to discover an engagement ring on her finger. Distraught, the father confesses to the young couple that his family had been cursed by an angry Father D'Souza three hundred years ago, and that the spell prevented their daughters from marrying. The couple finds it difficult to believe, but they have little option because their lives are continually threatened. Matteo and Sylvie are unable to live without each other, but there is little they can do until Matteo encounters Professor Beth, the spiritual world's master. Professor Beth explains to Matteo that in some cultures, it was believed that a generational curse worked long after the person who had uttered it had died because it was thought that an evil curse, once uttered, stuck to an evil witch, and the witch then became the keeper of the curse, and it was the duty of that evil witch Krystle to make the curse come true generation after generation.  Professor Beth is questioned by Matteo if there is a method to kill the witch and break the curse. Professor Beth informs him that there was a way out, but it was dangerous. If he decides to seek down and eliminate a spirit, the spirit will be aware that it is being pursued. It would erupt into a conflict between man and the devil. Was he up to the task? Matteo declares to Professor Beth that he will fight for his love... and thus their adventure begins. Through a realm of terror and intrigue, as well as the never-ending battle between good and evil. Will love triumph over all?  

A few months before Emily turns 18, her father dies. She goes to Baguio to live with her mother, her stepfather Miguel, and her half-brother Migo. Emily misses her father terribly that she finds it hard to fit into her new home, despite her mother's sympathetic efforts and her half-brother's irresistible cuteness. Good thing, Emily seems to be friendly enough to have made new pals, like Denver, who, it turns out, sees her as more than a friend. Then Emily meets a mysterious young man who suddenly appears and disappears; and he's always dressed in black leather jacket and denim pants whom she gets to know as Lance Monroe. Emily is smitten by Lance's romantic gestures and protective ways. He teaches her to play the piano, and brings her roses, and he even rescues her from bad guys, and helps her overcome her fears. She feels she has found in Lance her knight in shining armor who will rescue her from her incurable loneliness and deathly sadness. But Emily's family and friends are alarmed that she has become secluded and deluded in her own imaginary world. In the end, she has to decide what matters most to her and where her heart truly is.

Ezekiel comes from a family full of secrets, his great-grandfather was believed by many to have been crazy. Then he was born with his great-grandfather's gifts, the ability to see beyond the veil that separates worlds. He falls in love with, Sarah the girl next door and senior high is about to be fun, for the first time, he is about to socialize. But there is the constant fear of him being crazy like his great-grandfather and the fear of what it would mean if the things he sees and hears are true and he is a real whisperer.

Alexis Kingston. A former soldier who became a commoner. Alexis has to accept the fact that he is the lifeline of his adoptive mother, but at the same time his fiancé has to leave him, because Alexis is considered poor! Frustrated, Alexis tries to vent his helplessness by being alone, until he falls at the bottom of a hill and gets injured. However, this is where it all began. Alexis is rescued by a man, named Andre who then takes his back to his past. The beginning of Alexis' distrust is shattered when he reunites with his first love, named Lea, who tells him everything. Who exactly is Alexis with his past? How did he finally conquer the world, and take revenge on those who brought his down?

Brian a fatherless and poor student from the country side. was betrayed by his girlfriend and course mate. after the breakup Brian discovered his true identity as the grandson of the most powerful man in the country. in a space of two days Brian life change dramatically.

Davin was treated unfairly, living with his in-laws the Windsors, even his wife disregarded him because they thought he was just a useless husband without a single penny, she cheated on him and divorced him because he complained. Her new partner sent some men to kill him. Just then, when they all thought he was gone, dead and no more coming back. He rose like a god, his true identity as a war lord. Lord Darius and the emperor of a powerful martial art empire. He would make them kneel and punish them for all they did to him.