What would you do to
stay young: Lie, Manipulate..kill?
London-Fall, 1888
The city is in a
panic as Jack the Ripper continues his murderous spree. While the Whitechapel
police struggle to find him, Detective Inspector Rudyard Bloodstone and his
partner are working feverishly to find their own serial killer. The British
Museum's beautiful gardens have become a killing ground for young women
strangled as they stroll through.
Their investigation
has them brushing up against Viscount Everhard, a powerful member of the House
of Lords, and a friend to Queen Victoria. When the circumstantial evidence points to him as a suspect, Rudyard
must deal with the political blowback, and knows if they are going to go after
the viscount, they'd better be right and have proof.
As the body count
grows and the public clamor for the detectives to do more, inter-department
rivalries complicate the already difficult case.
Silk on the
skin—luxurious, luscious..lethal.
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Excerpt:
Events of the day and the potential satisfaction of
giving Napier a bloody nose dwindled. Questions about the murder crept back
into Ruddy's thoughts. Morris joined him at his table in the rear of the pub
with a Guinness, the popular beer of choice in hand. “You’ve got the look of a
man whose thoughts are a long distance from London.”
“No, sadly my thoughts are fixed here in the city.
I’m trying to figure out a clue. Ellis’s roommate said she’d sometimes meet
with a well-dressed man, a man of means the victim indicated. They’d meet up at
the fountain by the British Museum.”
“Don’t know the spot but then the museum isn’t my cup
of tea.”
“Not the point. I’m saying it’s odd. What member of
the upper class chooses to stroll through a public garden other than Hyde or
Regents, where they can see and be seen by one of their own?”
“I agree the wealthy prefer the parks filled with others
of their kind but it doesn’t mean a man can’t enjoy someplace different.”
“We interviewed the guard again. The one that
discovered the body walks that half of the building. He told us the majority of
their male patrons are natty dressers, but he never saw a man like that
loitering by the fountain.”
“My guess is: the man is married and can’t afford
to run the risk of being seen by a friend of his wife’s. Or, he might live or
work in the area and the spot is convenient.”
“Or, he’s a murderer who’s noticed the victim
walking through the park on a regular basis, saw it as an opportunity and
cozied up to her.”
Ruddy took another swallow of his ale, mentally
debating the merit of each theory. “I don’t think he lives in the area. If so,
he’d have cut through the park more and been seen by the guards. Not sure about
the married man having a tryst idea."
To Ruddy's way of thinking, if the man was married
and looking for a tumble, he’d have met her someplace other than the gardens
and at a better hour.
Instinct drew him back to his original sense of the
culprit and crime. “I feel like this was a crime of opportunity. I’ve thought
it all along and can’t shake the sense.”
“If he was just seeking a victim, then why haven’t
you had more murders like this?” Morris asked.
Ruddy downed the rest of his beer and put his
tankard on the edge of the table where June would refill it. “Everyone has to
start somewhere. She might be number one.”
***
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
I was born and raised in Chicago.
My father was a history professor and my mother was, and is, a voracious
reader. I grew up with a love of history and books.
My parents also love traveling, a
passion they passed onto me. I wanted to see the places I read about, see the
land and monuments from the time periods that fascinated me. I’ve had the good
fortune to travel extensively throughout Europe, the Near East, and North
Africa.
I am a retired police detective.
I spent twenty-five years in law enforcement with two different agencies. My
desire to write came in my early teens. After I retired, I decided to pursue
that dream. I write two different series. My paranormal romance series is
called, Knights in Time. My romantic thriller series is, Dangerous Waters.
I currently live in the Pacific
Northwest with my husband, four rescue dogs and a rescue horse.
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