The Black Leather Belt Murders - Paperback

by Chrystal Lee Stevens (Author)

Mandrake is lethal... Blondes are a poison, the belt is his cure.FBI profiler Rick Sullivan finds himself on the trail of a serial killer known as Mandrake. Mandrake strangles blondes with a black leather belt that he leaves fastened around their necks. As the body count rises Mandrake evades Rick at every turn. He finally catches a break in the case when he travels to a small Virginia town and meets Destiny Malone.Destiny came home a week before Christmas to find her roommate Sydney strangled in her bed. Destiny was planning to become a PI after college graduation but has now been thrown full force into her first case. She is determined to find out who extinguished the fiery redhead and not even sexy Rick Sullivan is going to get in her way.Rick believes that Sydney was killed by a copycat. Especially when he discovers that her ex-boyfriend who has recently escaped from prison was the one responsible for his father's murder. Rick believes that Destiny is now in danger too and will stop at nothing to protect her even if it means staring into the face of death.

Author Biography

I've been writing stories since I was in elementary school. I'm an avid reader. A book nerd. A computer geek. A comic book fan. A movie buff. A Classic TV fanatic. I took Journalism in high school and college. I've worked for my high school and college newspapers. Most of the stories that I've had published were non-fiction news stories. I've had some fiction stories published but only in high school or college publications. I have a Certificate in Journalism from Southwest Virginia Community College in Richlands, VA. I used my love for the Sherlock Holmes mysteries by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the training, skills, and expertise I gained while obtaining my Certificate in Law Enforcement then my Associate in Applied Science Degree with a major in Administration of Justice and a Specialization in Public Service to write this thriller.