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    Love and Murder
    Love and Murder
    Love and Murder
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    Love and Murder

    By L.L Hunter

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    Darcie never thought she’d see the day when she’d venture back to Summervale...

    When Bobby goes missing, the teens fear he has fallen victim to the same person who has been taunting them with mysterious bloody letters.
    So they are forced to head back to the one place they all swore they would leave behind them.
    Little do they know its a trap, and they’ve inadvertently handed themselves to the killer on a silver platter.
    One by one, the group of friends go missing, and now it’s up to the adults to solve the case.
    But the clue to solving the case and finding Darcie and her friends involves them all having their deepest darkest secrets uncovered.

    In the thrilling final chapter in the bestselling Summervale series,
    When Darcie comes face to face with the killer, will she turn the tables on them? Or become their next victim?

    Will the teens make it out alive?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherL.L Hunter
    Release dateJul 31, 2022
    ISBN9781005915261
    Love and Murder
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    L.L Hunter

    L.L. Hunter is the bestselling author of over 50 published works, including The Nephilim Universe and The Summervale Series. She has studied and worked in a range of professions, including dog grooming, forensic science, and the dramatic arts, but has always known her true calling was to be an author. When not working on her next novel, she can be found at home in Australia, reading somewhere comfortable with her fur babies, drinking wine, or watching true crime documentaries.

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      Love and Murder - L.L Hunter

      Chapter One

      The Feeling

      Ashton

      I texted Bobby again, but message after message failed to get through.

      Shit.

      I was sitting on the side of the bed, the room dark, as Stacey snored lightly beside me. Or she was snoring a moment ago. She was now stirring and sitting up.

      What? she asked groggily. Ash? It’s two in the morning. What’s going on? She yawned and crawled toward me, wrapping her arms around my naked body from behind.

      I feel there’s something not quite right with Bobby’s date.

      What do you mean? I’m sure he’s fine. He’s just busy. I’m happy he’s on a date after… you know.

      I turned to look at her in the dim room. The moonlight streamed through the gap in the curtains into the spacious bedroom of our new apartment.

      We had upgraded our place a little… okay, a lot, and now had a penthouse suite on the Upper East Side. The good news was that the label absolutely loved the concept for the new album and the launch was in a few weeks. The bad news was, at first, they weren’t happy with our spontaneous trip to Aspen, Colorado. The boss threatened to take the expenses out of my first advance, but when he found out it was where the inspiration for the new album hit, they forgave me. I still had to practically sell my soul and a kidney to get that forgiveness, though.

      It’s just a feeling I have. Plus, messages aren’t going through, and his last text to me was cut off mid-sentence. I showed her my phone. She took it and read. I watched her eyes scan the words and then widen as she took them in.

      The Salt…. Wait, does he mean the Salt and Claw? That’s the new restaurant in Summervale, isn’t it?

      I think so. I could ask my parents, but they kinda cut me off.

      I’ll call my mom. We don’t have any friends except Bobby in Summervale, but my mom will help. If there’s something my parents know, it’s all the best restaurants. She crawled to the other side of the bed and grabbed her phone off the nightstand, dialling her mom’s number.

      But there was no answer. Her mom’s phone was switched off. She was asleep.

      Dammit.

      We met each other’s eyes across the bed and said simultaneously, We need to go back to Summervale.

      Chapter Two

      The New Killer in Town

      Bobby

      I woke up in a dark, damp room. It smelled of mildew, dirt, and seafood. As I tried to sit up, my head spun. I felt so groggy. As I tried to get my barrings and remember how I ended up here, footsteps on the floorboards above me alerted me that I wasn’t alone.

      And then it all came back to me.

      Adrian.

      I had been on a date with Adrian. He took me to his parent's restaurant. Then he hit me over the head and drugged me.

      A light appeared in the corner of the room, and I realised there were wooden stairs and someone was descending with a flashlight in their hand.

      Oh, good. You’re awake. Are you hungry?

      It was Adrian. He looked different. Gone were the nerdy glasses and dress shirt. His hair was now dishevelled instead of combed back and neat. His eyes were wild—with what, madness? Fear?

      How could he be fearful? He’s the one who was holding me captive.

      Why, Adrian? My voice trembled. I can’t believe the nice guy who liked me had done this to me. I held back the tears.

      I’m sorry, Bobby. But it’s the only way.

      The only way to what?

      To send a message, of course. To your friends and your father.

      My voice broke. But, why? Why are you doing this? You took me on a date. You seduced me and brought me here. To what? Kidnap me? Drug me? Hold me for ransom? Is that what you want? Money?

      He laughed. Well, yes. Money would be nice. Watching you guys flaunt your cash while my family suffers and struggles is hard. But that’s not the only reason I have you here. I mostly want to send a message to your friends and your father, especially because your father is the one who betrayed mine and locked him up.

      I gasped. Wait, you said your father was dead a little while ago. Your father is locked up?

      My stepfather is dead. My real father is in Summervale prison.

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