The Red Light GirlsUnsolved Mysteries Series Kim Knight Contents Also by Kim Knight Author Acknowledgement 1. Damsel In Distress 2. One Woman Down 3. The Hand of Fate 4. Dig Deep 5. Make The Link 6. Peeping Tom 7. The Bachelor 8. Puzzle Pieces 9. The Coroner’s Office 10. Needle in a Haystack 11. Last Sighting 12. Daydreamer 13. A New Friend 14. Messenger 15. Undercover 16. Out of the Woodwork 17. Dead End 18. You’ve Got Mail 19. The Ancestral Realm 20. Date Night 21. Do the Math 22. Amsterdam Centraal 23. Stuck Between the Two 24. A Word of Warning 25. Sleepless Night 26. The Pieces Fall 27. Odd Places 28. Hot Seat 29. Bite Sized Pieces 30. Return to Sender… 31. Honey Trap 32. In the Clear? 33. Curiosity, Almost Killed the Cat 34. Exhale 35. Forever Friends 36. The Red Light Girls Sneak Peek of ’Til Death Do Us Part 1. The Confession 2. Unanswered Questions 3. Run Away Wife? About the Author Also by Kim Knight Unsolved Mysteries Series The Note The Red Light Girls ’Til Death Do Us Part Standalone Books Sacrifices NonFiction Works My Mum and Me Blurb Want To Read More Unsolved Mysteries? Click here to sign up for the newsletter. www.subscribepage.com/unsolvedmysteries Amsterdam’s a fun and exciting city set on edge. When women linked to the Red Light District turn up dead in the Amsterdamse Bos woodland area or missing, not many take notice. Madeline Sloane, a ballsy journalist for London’s tabloid papers, is bored with her job and surroundings. She finds herself in Amsterdam, working for De Telegraaf newspaper. Her new job becomes her obsession. A deep-seated determination drives her to close-in on the person responsible for the fates of the Red Light Girls. She reports on the city’s events, appeals for information, and forms a plan of action—one born of her intuition that guides her to a suspect. One person stands in her way of finding Amsterdam’s serial killer, and not everything is as it seems in Madeline’s world. The Red Light Girls is a novella-length, fast-moving story with a touch of mystery, Madeline Sloane is a head-strong female on a mission to cover areas the local police have failed, and the more she digs, the closer she comes to solving an unsolved mystery. Connect with Kim on Social Media: Author Website: https://kimknightauthor.com/ Facebook: @kimknightauthoruk Twitter: @kimknightauthor She’s also on Bookbub @KimKnight THE RED LIGHT GIRLS UNSOLVED MYSTERIES SERIES COPYRIGHT©2021 KIM KNIGHT Cover Design by Wren Taylor This book is a work of fiction. The names, characters, places, and incidents are the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, business establishments, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. All rights reserved. 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Author’s Dedication When I wrote this, I thought a lot about the families of people who are reported as missing persons and how hard it must be to come to terms with, and the why, when, where, and how. May your closure and peace of mind come. Author Acknowledgement Also, a shout out to all the ‘working girls’ around Amsterdam’s district. I love that city. For the record, you all looked fantastic in the windows as I walked by! Thanks for the inspiration, but may none of you meet the fate my characters do. —Kim Knight 1 Damsel In Distress Madeline Sloane One Afternoon, in Ansterdam… “Shit, I can't believe this.” Madeline pounded the steering wheel with her fist, then rolled her eyes. Her car came to a standstill on a deserted road. “Arggh, I really don't need this today,” she whined. She narrowed her eyes to try to see through the heavy sheet of rain, pounding against the windows. Her view was blurred. The open woodland and trees were all she could see. This was not good news. She closed her lids, then rested her head back on the headrest, to block out the nightmare she had just entered. “Could this day get any worse,” she asked herself. “I should’ve stayed put in London. This move better be worth it.” Come on, get it together. Madeline leaned over to the passenger seat, reached into her bag, and fished out her mobile phone. With hesitation, she stepped out of the car and slammed the door. To shield herself from the rain, she pulled her thin jacket around her. The bullets of rain drummed against her with a heavy thud. “Argh,” she cried out. “Give me a break, will you? I’ve just had my hair done!” With a shaky hand, she pushed away a few loose strands plastered to her face. As she rubbed her eyes to free them from the rain, her mascara smudged in the process. When she attempted to unlock her phone, she noticed the make-up stains had transferred to her fingers. “Jesus. Great, just great,” she muttered. The only sound she heard was the rain beating against the body of her car, and the wind as it rustled in and out of the trees. There was not a soul in sight. After three months, life was no easier for her. And her decision to up and leave London was not an easy one but a necessity. Her job as a journalist in the UK’s capital no longer excited her. She had accepted a sabbatical placement with the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf, as a last resort to revive her love for the profession. Her employer back home, The Sun newspaper, offered a number of placements to exchange with international papers around the world. At the time, it sounded ideal to her. However which
