Saccharine

Who killed Samantha Michaels?

In Valley City, the center of the adult entertainment industry, some lives are worth more than others. The life of a controversial porn star is not worth much. When Samantha Michaels, better known as Samantha Sparkles, was murdered, her case went cold before the investigation had even really begun. The police made no serious effort to investigate, and the people she worked with were only too happy to forget her.

Her younger sister Chloe wasn’t.

So Chloe takes matters into her own hands. Shortly after her eighteenth birthday, she leaves her old life in Oak Springs behind and moves to Valley City to find out who murdered her sister.

She infiltrates the industry responsible for her sister’s death, willing to do whatever it takes to get close to the untouchable figures who pull the strings from the shadows.

To achieve justice for her sister, she is willing to sacrifice her dignity, her innocence, and perhaps even her soul. But what is one more sacrifice in a city built on exploitation?

What is Saccharine?

A dark and gritty revenge thriller: This is a story about the all-consuming desire for justice in a treacherous neon-lit city and a morally bankrupt industry that’s ready to fulfill every desire… except that one.

A competent female protagonist: Chloe is intelligent, cunning, determined, and willing to get her hands dirty. She’s not always perfect, but she’s no helpless victim either.

A slow burn murder mystery: Chloe’s investigation into who killed Samantha is the heart of the story. She finds clues, follows leads, questions suspects and sticks her nose into dangerous stuff, discovering an abyss of crime deeper than she ever suspected.

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