The Razor's Edge

By Phil Morgan

In a city full of superheroes, one female hero armed with only her blades and her wits faces her greatest challenge when a demented serial killer targets her. Stiletto, the Mistress of Blades, must grapple with a villain the likes of which she has never seen.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Phil Morgan
• Release date: Dec 28, 2014
• ISBN: 9781310779879

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The Razor’s Edge

By Phil Morgan

Copyright 2014 Phil Morgan

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It was the end of August. That sublime period in which the days seemed to stretch and the nights were hot and heavy and dark. It was the time of year when tempers ran the highest and everyone seemed to be poised on a precipice overlooking despair. It was a dark night, but at least it wasn’t stormy.

When they found the body, one of the new Civilian Officers had lost her lunch and had to be removed from the crime scene. Granted, the victim had been mutilated horribly. Her throat had been cut and a string of bruises obscenely decorated her neck. Several slashes, including a ghastly wound, adorned the woman’s abdomen.

The Civilian Officer had taken one look at the grotesque tableau and swooned before popping her cookies. Stiletto wrinkled her button nose at the weakness of the woman and turned her attention back to the corpse.

She was an expert with blades and she could tell by the angle of the wounds and their uniformity that the attack had been made by one person, a person who was left handed. The weapon itself had been a long straight razor of some sort.

The body had been found in