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It happened again. The Tribune announced that the infamous killer struck once again. This time the victim was a young boy, only the age of 19. He, like all the other victims of these cruel crimes, had absolute no connotation to anything. At least that was what the police said over and over. The murders had been going on for a several months and there have only been sixteen bodies found thus far. And according to the Chicago PD, there was no underlying reason for why these people were losing their lives. The oldest victim was 42, the youngest 18. There were eight male victims and the rest were female. And their lifestyles were all completely different and unrelated. The only thing that seemed consistent was the fashion of killing. A slice through the neck and when they were found, the blood had been drained from the bodies though the victims themselves were clean. It was a horrible thing happening through the bustling city of Chicago. Throughout history there have been many cases of murders but this serial killer seemed to attack just about anyone, they had no motives and it scared most of the citizens. The law enforcement wasn’t really much help and they were most likely scared as well. Everyone from ordinary citizens to officials of the city thought this was the absolute worst thing that could happen; everyone except an aspiring young author.
Aspiring isn’t necessarily the best word used to describe Blake Davis. She’d produced six novels, four of which have been listed as #1 New York Bestsellers for several weeks at a time. The twenty-six year old had done a lot for herself once she decided to quit school and pursue her dream. She had wanted to be a writer since she entered junior high and she constantly worked on it as well. Once she was accepted into college, she believed that she was much closer to becoming the author she had always wanted to be. However, university was nothing but reports and papers, one after another, term papers and too much time during the day. Blake eventually dropped out and began working in a restaurant before she was given a chance to intern at a local newspaper. She then went on to work for a publishing company and from there she submitted her first pieces of work. Majority of them were rejected but she kept at it until her very first book ever published, was seen as potential. From there, she continued working hard, writing something new everyday until she reached the status she possessed in the present.
She was never discouraged by the constant rejection she received or any humiliation. The individuals she worked with in the publishing company never suspected she was the writer of the pieces constantly entered. She'd entered the writing under the name of Blake Davis, which was not the namesake she was given at birth. Her mother's maiden name was Davis and she had a cousin who's name was Blake. She just taken the names and placed them together. This would also give the allusion that the author could be a man or a woman which worked greatly in her favor. After her first book took off and received great feedback, right before the publish of her second book, she came out publicly to announce she was Blake Davis and even went as far as legally changing her name to such so everyone would know for certain that she was the new acclaimed author.
The killings occurring around the city were horrific but Blake was greatly inspired by the tragedy. She already wrote one book that was slowly climbing to the top of the bestsellers list. The murderer had only killed about five people by the time she had finished writing the novel but her character was closely related to that of the profile police provided. She’d done her best to make the character realistic and similar to what the police described. There were many details she had made up herself, however, since some things weren’t disclosed with the public but she believed she’d done a good enough job with the accuracy. As a mystery writer, the murders happening in real life were the best thing that could happen to her. It gave her the juice she needed to at least pump out three more novels within the series she had started.
Blake had gotten herself an interview with an officer of the department. She was posing as someone from a paper but her real intentions were to get some material for the book she was currently writing. She planned on this part of the series to focus on the work of the police department and their efforts to tear down the notorious killer running wild in Chicago.
Aspiring isn’t necessarily the best word used to describe Blake Davis. She’d produced six novels, four of which have been listed as #1 New York Bestsellers for several weeks at a time. The twenty-six year old had done a lot for herself once she decided to quit school and pursue her dream. She had wanted to be a writer since she entered junior high and she constantly worked on it as well. Once she was accepted into college, she believed that she was much closer to becoming the author she had always wanted to be. However, university was nothing but reports and papers, one after another, term papers and too much time during the day. Blake eventually dropped out and began working in a restaurant before she was given a chance to intern at a local newspaper. She then went on to work for a publishing company and from there she submitted her first pieces of work. Majority of them were rejected but she kept at it until her very first book ever published, was seen as potential. From there, she continued working hard, writing something new everyday until she reached the status she possessed in the present.
She was never discouraged by the constant rejection she received or any humiliation. The individuals she worked with in the publishing company never suspected she was the writer of the pieces constantly entered. She'd entered the writing under the name of Blake Davis, which was not the namesake she was given at birth. Her mother's maiden name was Davis and she had a cousin who's name was Blake. She just taken the names and placed them together. This would also give the allusion that the author could be a man or a woman which worked greatly in her favor. After her first book took off and received great feedback, right before the publish of her second book, she came out publicly to announce she was Blake Davis and even went as far as legally changing her name to such so everyone would know for certain that she was the new acclaimed author.
The killings occurring around the city were horrific but Blake was greatly inspired by the tragedy. She already wrote one book that was slowly climbing to the top of the bestsellers list. The murderer had only killed about five people by the time she had finished writing the novel but her character was closely related to that of the profile police provided. She’d done her best to make the character realistic and similar to what the police described. There were many details she had made up herself, however, since some things weren’t disclosed with the public but she believed she’d done a good enough job with the accuracy. As a mystery writer, the murders happening in real life were the best thing that could happen to her. It gave her the juice she needed to at least pump out three more novels within the series she had started.
Blake had gotten herself an interview with an officer of the department. She was posing as someone from a paper but her real intentions were to get some material for the book she was currently writing. She planned on this part of the series to focus on the work of the police department and their efforts to tear down the notorious killer running wild in Chicago.
