Settling the Score

This erotic murder mystery introduces a host of interesting characters whose sexual histories and preferences are richly revealed in their backstories. We learn of their discovery of sexual excitement and their earliest adult experimentation. By delving into their past, we become able to understand something of who they are today. The pieces fit, as we learn of their current fantasies and behaviors: all hot, some kinky. This is a story of sexually liberated adults enjoying wild parties and no-holds-barred orgies. We experience the characters unrestrained mixing and matching and feel their animal lust and tender love. These people interact in a number of exotic places and imaginative ways, but in the forefront of all the action is a young woman named Niki.Niki is acknowledged by the others as the wild one in the group. This woman is not afraid to push the limits, and she does not hesitate to take a few of the others along for the ride. Given her extremes, it is not surprising that she becomes implicated in the murder of her former high schools gym coach: a sex addict who kept a detailed record of all his perverted sexual activities. Niki is in this record. The convoluted criminal investigation touches the lives of many of the storys characters. The reader is introduced to a few more interesting individuals who add additional spice to the plot. We meet a counselor who has been screwing a social worker in his office, a maid who has been swimming nude in her employers pool, and a retired hooker who quit that night job when she became pregnant.There are multiple past events that must be considered in the case, as well as a number of individuals. To keep this all straight in his mind, Detective Tanner hangs a paper on his office wall and draws out a timeline. By writing entries on this line he keeps his thinking on track, while helping the reader picture the sequence of events and how the individuals fit into it. Along the way there is a second murder. The police realize that someone is attempting to conceal evidence.The investigation is complicated by Nikis sexual involvement with the homicide detectives son. A further complication is the surprising discovery that the murder weapon is the detectives personal revolver. Although he has no motive, Detective Tanner is officially taken off the case. The investigation of who stole the detectives pistol from his bedroom closet leads to Niki and turns her into a prime suspect. We know that she is capable of extreme sexual behavior, but is she capable of two murders? She was known to be angry with the devious coach, so did she finally settle the score? And if she did not, who did?