A Different Kind of Fire & Fury: Revenge
by Julie
Reichwein
GENRE: Crime,
Mystery, Thriller (Psychological)
BLURB:
Detective Michelle Velasquez kicks ass with the Santa Fe Police
Department, and she’ll need all her moxie May, 2013 as she’s assigned two cases
which may be related. She’s assigned a vicious rape case of Maria Acevedo, an
intern with the Jones Financial Group, as she gets a call from an old friend,
Richard Stanberry III. He’s intent on re-connecting, but she’s suspicious of
his motives for good reason.
As she digs into Maria Acevedo’s rape case, she’s assigned a
thirty year old murder case of her former friend, Susie Murphy, who happened to
be Richard Stanberry III’s girlfriend at the time of her murder. If Detective
Velasquez wants to solve both cases, she’s going to have to put her life on the
line to uncover some dark secrets that some prefer to stay buried.
Excerpt:
“Has he given you problems before?”
“I’m new.”
“Are you afraid to tell me who he
is?” She nodded in the affirmative.
“I wasn’t a person to him. Just a
body to poke his dick into for my humiliation.”
“If you tell me who he is, I can arrest
him, and you’ll never have to worry about him again.”
Tears started down her cheeks. “Can
you tell me why you are so scared of him?”
She said, “Because he threatened
me.”
“But you called the Police?”
“No. The cleaning crew came in,
after closing hours, and found me. I begged them not to call you, but they
did.”
“I’m glad they did.”
“Please don’t make me tell you who
he was. He’ll destroy me.”
I said, “You know most rapists
threaten their victims to keep them quiet, but they seldom follow through.” As
I said it, I didn’t believe a word of it because to confront your attacker
would not be easy. I’d shoot the bastard where it counted, if I ever got raped
before I’d get dragged through the system. She continued to shake her head from
side to side, so I said, “Why don’t we do this. I’ll take you to St. Francis
Hospital, and we’ll process the evidence. You don’t need to make a decision, at
the moment, on disclosing his identity. If in the future you change
your mind, we have the evidence.”
“I don’t think there will be
evidence because he used protection.”
“We need photographic evidence of
your injuries plus he may have left a hair or two behind.” She shook her head
faster, so I said, “It’s just a few photos. Nothing too obtrusive,” but they
were anything but. If she named her rapist, her life would no longer be
private. But without
evidence, I had no chance of an
arrest. “Let me take you to the hospital. I’ll call a rape counselor for you to
talk to. It’s confidential between you and her.” She nodded. I’d get the son of
a bitch because he wasn’t going to get away with destroying Maria Acevedo’s
life. #Timesup
I rode with her in the ambulance, to
St. Francis Hospital, where I stayed with her through the abysmal experience.
They loaded her onto a gurney. They cut her clothes off and replaced them with
a gown. Wrapped in a blanket to keep her warm, they shuffled her from room to
room.
Once they reached the examination
room, they had her stand. They removed the blanket and gown as the nurse held a
ruler to the different abrasions while they photographed them. They swabbed her
vagina and anus and gave her various shots and pills. After the shots were
administered, they aimed a Canon
between her legs. Once they had sufficient pictures, they inserted long beaks
inside her and smeared her vagina with blue paint to check for abrasions. When
they finished, they let her shower.
Her rapist wasn’t a novice, so I
would check the database for any similar reported attacks. Otto and I went home
after her rape counselor showed up. I’d get the son of a bitch because the
arrogant prick thought he was entitled to take what he wanted, but he didn’t
know that I would
get the final say. I would be Maria
Acevedo’s avenger. Scumbags like her rapist understood one thing, you had to
punch back.
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
I'm
a debut author who has long had an interest in crime thrillers and an interest
in criminal psychology, specifically, sexual assault. I was stalked two times
in my 20's and had to relocate both times as I barely escaped rape both times.
I used those experiences in creating one of my fictional characters in the
book.
I'm
an avid outdoor enthusiast and a lover of animals. I own 5 dogs and have
horses, too. They're my babies.
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1 comments:
I love a good crime thriller, so I'm thrilled (ha :)) to learn about this new-to-me author! Really have to check this one out!
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