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Complete, First published Aug 02, 2019
1920sactionanklesconspiracycopscrimedetectivefirstpersonhistoricalhistoricalfictioninvestigationkisslipsmurdermysterynoirperfumepoliceromantic-suspensethriller
As Detective Drew Lucy typed up the report on the Waterton case the pretty ankle slipped into his line of sight. It was shaped like trouble. 

The chief's sixteen-year-old daughter Millie was worried about her brother, Ike, who had started to disappear some nights. The chief could fire Drew for messing with family business, but Drew reluctantly agrees to tail Ike. The trail leads to a speakeasy and the mushrooming business of organized crime during Prohibition in Chicago. 

Clues from the Ebony Gardens murder point to the same gang, but the gangsters can smell Drew coming, and bullets are cheap.

By the time Drew enters the seductive orbit of a mink-eyed vixen addicted to risk, he's in over his head. If he isn't shot full of daylight by gangster tommy guns, he'll drown in Bianca's perfumed embrace. 

It's enough to make a gumshoe readjust his fedora. 

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This noir flavored detective yarn is set 100 years back in time. It's a bit grittier than my usual breezy output. This story is basically clean and I did not flag it as mature. However, darker human failings (alcohol use, sexual desire, and violence) drive the plot. I don't dwell on those aspects, but it's definitely a story for grownups. The intended audience is new adult or adult.

Winner! 2022 Amby Awards, Mystery and Thriller category.
Winner! 3rd place in the Ballsy Tea Awards 2022, Action and Adventure category.
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Destiny Brought us Here

21 parts Ongoing Mature

She's beautiful, I'm literally half blind, and I can see that. She's not perfect, she's rough around the edges, and it's that raw imperfection that drives me off the edge. I'm obsessed with every little thing about her. The way she saunters around like the entire world belongs to her... and let's be honest-it does. She doesn't just walk, she commands the ground beneath her feet, she's got assholes lining up for miles to kiss her sweet round ass, and she knows it. ⭐️----------------------⭐️ Alexandra is your seemingly normal, mundane, hardworking southern girl. Working whatever job she can find, but in reality she's a hitman for hire, she doesn't care who her target is... She kills first and asks questions later. She's trying to keep her brother afloat while she's swimming with blood-thirsty sharks. But when Adam comes into her life, everything starts to crumble, everything she's worked for, everything she knows and loves. Does she spiral? Or does she pull herself together enough to bring down the real villain of the story. Adam... A detective who's worked day and night, losing sleep in finding the mysterious killer who calls herself viper, leaving calling cards, and teasing the police. Until, he finds her- but for some reason..he can't find it in him to arrest her- why? Soon he finds himself questioning.. Who's really the monster hiding under his bed? 18+!! Trigger warning! ⚠️⚠️⚠️SPOILERS AHEAD!!!!⚠️⚠️⚠️ The trigger warnings are spoilers! SA (Doesn't happen on screen but in flashback) Murder... LOTS OF IT. Beware- it's finna be gruesome, I ain't finna skip the chance to describe a murder scene from scratch. Sexual contents Blood play Degrading kink Just- a lot of kinks in general. Mentions of Su!cide Suicide Attempt Self h@rm Mentions of abandonment Cult affiliations! (Neither Fml nor mml are/was in the cult) Gang affiliations (Ok- well...) Violence Phycological torture

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