by ronde
@ronde - it isn't super clear from the story, did she get a girlfriend before or aftter her ex got a secretary gf? (you seem to be painting a picture of her as a "good" character, but if she got a gf before him, that kind of ruins things from that angle, regardless of Bryce's personal unpleasntness). The only relevany quote I saw was "The only man I knew well enough to have sex with was Bryce, and I couldn't do that once he started sleeping with another woman" but that simply means she stopped having sex with her husband, not whether she already cheated on him by that time
Not your typical Literotica tale. Hell, not your typical True Detective either. Your plot, transitions snd involvement of the charcaters keot me going, hurriedly to the next oage and saying, “Damn, this flatgoot is good!” 5 * and more of this detective
Excellent! It told a story that kept me interested even though I knew how it would end. Congratulations!
As a retired LEO, it's fun to read a story like this. I hope to find more well written works by this author! 5*!
Well crafted, maybe a little obvious but still a good read and a polished story.
It was well written, but the plot required all sorts of arcane details about guns. Ultimately, I found all that fairly boring. Then, case closed and they jumped in the sack. Talk about strange foreplay!
I like a good mystery or detective story and this one was pretty good. Didn't care much for the elitist attitude towards people that like to be prepared for disaster.
Paper patching is explained in the 2007 movie "The Shooter". Look on YouTube for the meeting with Mr. Rate.
Melissa Grady was a toxic selfish lesbo and this stupid detective doesnt need the bitch in his life and this spoiled the story
The murderer was obvious!! The detective and the lesbo bitch getting together lost you points
So Melissa is Bi and that’s ok, but the identity of the killer was telegraphed too clearly from early on, and the instant attraction and sex scene at the end was a detraction from the story and made it even more incomprehensible. If you had concentrated on developing the murder to a greater degree and with put it in “non-erotic” or allowed a believable interval of time for the two to get together and develop something physical or even romantic it would have been a better story.
Excellent! I am a shooter and I really enjoyed the firearms detail! Well researched and written!
As someone who had read several stories by this author I sensed the direction of the plot early on and could have given an outline of the rest or the plot by Page 2. All the convoluted detail about the guns was lost on me, but on reading some of the comments, I'm pleased that someone with enough knowledge found another source of all the gunpowder minutia. i was also waiting for this author's usual coda at the end of his/her story with a detailed description of the sex the author feels is obligatory for a Literotica story. Not a bad read, as usual. 4*
You write intriguing yet gracious stories that never disappoint. I’ve enjoyed reading Chandler, MacDonald and even Sayers, but I enjoy reading you as well! Thank you for sharing.
Again, you switch-hit scenarios, the way most people change their underclothes.
Your characters are believable, the forensics are impeccable. your examination
of human behaviour is sympathetic, yet forensic. You're a natural-born story teller
that has perfected his craft. Thank you for this one.