CH 1 SMOKE AND MIRRORS
5 days.5 victims.5 days in the job.Detective Li Yen loved his new job.In all his years heading the HOT task force in Mersyside,he had never encountered a serial killer.That had changed.One transfer to North Hampton had made his life a living hell.Estrangement from his family and having to live in a shabby apartment in the red light district had done were just some of the repercussions he had to face.Then came the man now famous as "Scarlet Blade",a bona fide psychopath.5 women in as many days.5 women disemebered.5 woman with their genitals cut off.5 women with the initials SB cut into them.Li had no leads and he knew it wasnt over.Forensics came up with nothing,local security cameras yielded nothing and there were no eyewitnesses.It wasnt incompetence rather it was inability.The man was too good.Tap,tap.A meek knock on his door roused him from his musings.He opened the door and from the expression on Johns face assumed the inevitable had taken place.6 days,6.victims.Rivers of blood.
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2 HOURS EARLIER
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She was afraid.She had the faintest recollection that she had fallen in the parking lot but Michelle had no idea how she now found herself blindfolded and chained to a chair.VROOMVROOM.She heard a strange noise emanating from something near her.She knew she had heard it before.She tried to piece together her memories.Lumberjacks and trees were what came into her mind.When in settled in,when she finally figured out why she had been brought here,the chainsaw started to sink into her stomach."You betray yourself."The last sentence she would ever hear.
SCREAMSSS
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Li couldnt bear looking at the corpse.He stepped out for a light.This was too gruesome.Too brutal.This Scarlet Blade was a maniac.He saw a man approaching the warehouse.The man in question came to a stop before the detective."You must be detective Li?"
"Why yes,but what do you want?"Li answered and at the same time saw his eyes were green.Emerald green."Got a package for you"He handed an envelope and left.The bemused detective opened it and found a message.Written in blood it read
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
SB
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40 CRIMSON DAYS
Mystery / ThrillerThe residents of North Hampton cower in fear as a serial killer,who wishes to kill 40 women, runs amok.As the local police force attempts to apprehend the criminal,more sinister questions arise.Is this the work of a deranged psychopath or is there s...
