Sheila Howard has been one of her city's best homicide detectives for the past 10 years. Her husband passed away suddenly, from a heart attack two years ago, leaving her and their 15-year-old daughter on their own. Sheila's daughter, Melissa, has been having problems coping with the death and absence of her father. Sheila has been struggling to balance her work life and her parenting life ever since. To make matters worse, a new serial killer has emerged and he is playing a deadly game with Detective Howard. The killer has been sending photographs of young women to Detective Howard's desk and a few days later, the bodies of these young women are being found. The killer begins taunting Sheila and blaming her for not saving the women in time. At first, the murders all seem to be unrelated, until one day, the killer sends her a photograph that hits much too close to home...

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* 4 Sample Chapters * When an eccentric old neighbour dies and names Violet March in his will, she is even more surprised than his estranged and spoiled family. To make matters stranger, she learns that all must attend a pretend murder-mystery weekend for any to claim a share of the inheritance. Being a good sport under constant scrutiny and suspicion becomes trickier when she finds herself torn between the romantic attentions of both the deceased's "favourite" grand-nephew and the charming black sheep of the family. Loyalty forces her to favour the former, but when it is the latter who inherits the bulk of the estate, a grave case of mistaken identities is revealed leaving Violet to determine whether pride and an unwillingness to be labelled a gold-digger may stand in the way of the love of a lifetime. *Cover from "Lake Louise, An Alpine Wonderland" by Norman Fraser, which is to the best of my research and knowledge in the Public Domain. *No part of this book may be reproduced or used in any manner without the express written permission of the author.

*Highest rank #10 in Short Story* (Featured By Wattpad) By the end of the night two teenagers were dead. Mason Dale was killed. His throat slit by a beers broken glass. He was found in his friends basement. Some say his death was an accident, others say it was murder. Alice O'Conner committed suicide. She jumped off a bridge and drowned. She didn't leave a note. There was only one thing that connected their deaths that night. A party, one that would change the town Allenwood forever, and unleash its most hidden secrets. ••• Follow Alex and Elizabeth as they begin to unravel a secret, a secret so knotted it's begging to escape. •••COMPLETED••• This beautiful cover was created by @peachspit