Picture-Perfect Murder: Murder Games, #1

By O Gränd

Joshua Ingram has been a little lost since Mother died. Luckily, he found a group of like-minded online—men and women who, just like him, like games and puzzles. 
Every month, they receive a challenge in an envelope, a murder to replicate, and Joshua has found the perfect mannequin for this month's challenge. The question is if he can execute his murder with enough skill to give him the highest points, and he really hopes the kid in the convenience store didn't see the specks of blood on him. What would happen if he got caught? Mother wouldn't approve. 

• Language: English
• Publisher: O Gränd
• Release date: Feb 17, 2017
• ISBN: 9781393556015

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Picture-Perfect Murder

Joshua Ingram placed a copy of today’s paper by the cooling body. Then he snapped a picture with the phone Ms Umpire had sent him in the padded envelope, making sure he captured both the ragged bullet wound on the mannequin's forehead and the date on the paper. Next, he placed a piece of a jigsaw puzzle on her chest and took another photo.

Was there anything else? He needed to be smart about this. He'd never be on the top of the chart unless he came up with a clever system—any system. So far he'd been lucky, but he didn't want to rely on luck.

His chest tightened as he glanced at his watch. Lingering here could prove fatal, but he couldn't leave—not yet. Something niggled at the back of his mind, making his fingers twitch.

Logging into Facebook, he went to the Game group and clicked open the document with this month's challenge. He couldn't find all the information there, Ms Umpire wasn't stupid, but she posted the essentials in case someone needed to double check something.

Short woman of Asian descent in her thirties—check.

Long black hair—check.

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