Skeletons in the Closet
johnnydrama21
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  • Reads 408
  • Votes 52
  • Parts 45
  • Time 6h 4m
johnnydrama21
Complete, First published Jan 27, 2020
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The Butcher of Bathurst continues to terrorize and maim. Della Vade, an up and coming career woman with her future ahead of her, becomes an intended target in his killing spree. Unlike the others to encounter The Butcher, she has the rare fortune of getting away. 

Instead of counting herself lucky, she presses forward in pursuit of finding The Butcher's identity and stopping this madman before he can add to his list of destruction. Can she uncover his identity before he claims another victim?
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