Fade to Black

By Candice Christian

The small community of Port Clinton along Lake Erie has been plagued by an outbreak of vicious assaults focused on the middle-aged lesbian population. The Chief Detective on the case Lexi Frost and her partner Maggie had determined the perpetrator was a female who subjected her victims to all manner of humiliations during the assaults...

 

Once the police were involved they discovered how clever the criminal was. She never leaves a clue and her victims are left nude bearing signs of BDSM torture to their bodies. The attacks occurred nearly every night and continued over nearly two weeks, leaving the police clueless.

 

Out of the blue, in the second week of the assaults, Detective Frost gets an early morning call from her partner teller her they have a break in the puzzling case. The police have found something the perpetrator left behind. The first time that had ever happened. The criminal was getting sloppy, so could Lexi and Maggie capitalize on this big mistake?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tenth Muse
• Release date: Sep 20, 2024
• ISBN: 9798227379160

Candice Christian

Candice was born in Paris KY on 9 January 1988. Her parents, George Bertrand Christian, an attorney who once aspired to be an actor, and Frances Hollowell insisted that Candice and her sister Simone, be sent to a Catholic school. Candice was deeply religious as a child, at one point thought of becoming a nun.

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Fade to Black

Copyright 2024 Candice Christian

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18+

'Author's note: All characters depicted in this work of fiction are 18 years of age or older.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Epilogue

About Candice Christian

Other books by Candice Christian

Connect with Candice Christian

Acknowledgment

Charlotte (Charley) Newton

Chapter One

It was an unseasonably cool July night in 1969 along the shores of Lake Erie, Alexis Frost was a detective with the Port Clinton, Ohio police department. and had been dragged from a sound sleep in the tender early hours of the morning as the phone on her nightstand rang out loud. She yawned and dragged herself out of bed towards the phone, which was relentless in its chirping.

Who is it? she asked abruptly into the phone. Wake up Lexi. We've got a cold one in Sunny's Motel. We need you here half an hour ago, said her partner over the phone. Lexi Frost sighed but agreed she'd be right over.

When she pulled up to the motel, she found her partner smoking outside. What's the situation, Maggie? Lexi asked as she gently dragged her partner back into the crime scene.

Well, it's a woman dead in room 109. Name of Brenda Holt, fifty or so. She's clean, so I'm racking my head for a probable cause here. If you ask me, it's a.... sexual accident of sorts. The manager said she saw an exotic-looking girl walk in with her. It looks like they were having a good time when her heart gave out, so the broad ran off. If you agree, maybe we can all go back home and who knows, maybe get a few more hours of quality sleep in, Maggie said, taking a deep puff of her cigarette.

Ha! What a way to go. Let's look, Lexi chuckled as they walked into the room. The victim was indeed an older woman, lying naked on the bed with a sheet covering her below the neck. She still had petrified nipples that were outlined in the autopsy sheet.

Lexi scrunched up her nose as the familiar smell of a dead body attacked her senses. The older woman's arms were tied to the headboard using strong pieces of cloth. She had a frail body, and Lexi wondered if the bondage was even necessary. Her eyes were still open, her face stuck in an expression of mild terror.

Jeez. The old woman sure knew how to party, huh, Lexi remarked as she walked over to the body. There were no signs of physical assault or bodily injury - it did just look like an unfortunate accident. However, something about the feel of the scene was off. She felt her heart - and something else too - pounding and wondered why that was the case.

These sheets are quite messy. Signs of struggle?, she asked her partner.

More like signs of having a good time! There's bodily fluids everywhere Lexi, Maggie chuckled. Lexi nodded and paced around the body, trying to find what her instincts were telling her.

Suddenly she had a hunch. She leaned over the woman's body, taking a deep whiff of her face. It was the unmistakable scent of a woman. Yeah that's the natural lube over there alright, Maggie muttered. Excess Bartholin fluids I’d say.

Lexi walked around the room to where the woman's belongings were hanging. She fished around her purse to find her wallet and a matchbook from a club named 'Discreet Capers'.

Hmm, this is probably where she picked up the girl. It's worth checking out... Lexi remarked. Maggie clucked in irritation as she realized Lexi wasn't about to let it go.

Oh and look here, she's got over $100 in cash, Lexi exclaimed. "Now why would someone walk around