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crack_van2006-11-16 12:46 am
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Entry tags:
Magnificent Seven/CSI
Title: Vegas Odyssey by Sammy Girl
Pairing: None
Author on LJ: n/a
Author Website: n/a
Why this must be read:
Because it's Gil Grissom and Ezra Standish in the same fanfic. Because it's a fairly unique way of combining two fandoms. Because it's as much an investigation story as it is a character piece. And because it's Buck and Ezra trying to feel their way around each other while they work a cold case.
Women are being murdered in Vegas, and the CSI team thinks there may be a connection to a woman who was murdered more than fifteen years ago: a showgirl named Cindy Wilmington. When her son, federal agent Buck Wilmington discovers that there may be a lead, finally, in his mother's murder, he goes straight to Vegas. Ezra sees something he probably shouldn't have and, more to his surprise than anyone else's, decides to go with Buck and keep him out of trouble.
Sammy Girl writes a mean fanfic. Long, plotty, character-driven and worth every minute it'll take you to read. If you haven't the time to dig in tonight, bookmark it for tomorrow. You'll be glad you did.
This fic is primarily a Mag 7 fic. I had never even heard of CSI when I first read it and had no trouble following it, so lack of familiarity with the characters shouldn't interfere with your enjoyment.
All the evidence pointed to this woman being a victim of the same killer who had murdered Gail Simmons two weeks earlier in near identical circumstances. Both women were killed on the fourth floor of a hotel, in an unoccupied room. Gail had been a prostitute, Gil would lay good money so was this woman. Both were white, both were in their early thirties. Both were killed by some sharp object being inserted into their chest over the sternum, driven up along the bone to the neck and then rammed in.
Nick put down the autopsy report at the case conference. "He's very consistent, and calm," he commented. "There's no frenzy. They have sex, but all the evidence is that it's not rough; he uses a condom, there are no marks of restraint, he knows exactly what he's doing."
"Meaning?" Grissom promoted.
"Gail Simmons wasn't the first victim?"
"Very possibly. Do some research, see if there are any murders, solved and unsolved with a similar MO."
It took most of the night, but he found it, just over twenty years ago, Cindy Wilmington, a thirty two year old prostitute, killed in a hotel room, in a very similar way. Nick presented his findings to Grissom.
"Fifteen years is a long gap. Can we be sure it's the same person?" Grissom asked. "According to this autopsy report, this woman fought back."
"Maybe she was the first. No planning, it just happened?"
"And it speculates that the murder weapon was a stiletto knife. Ours isn't."
"It's a chisel," Nick confirmed.
"Right, a very fine chisel. If we could take a look at this woman's body, maybe we'd be able to match up the score marks on the bones?"
"Why ahead of you," Nick cut in. "Cindy Wilmington, buried in South Ridge Cemetery, one next of kin, a son - Buck."
"Buck?" Grissom raised an eyebrow.
"Apparently that's his name. The police questioned him at the time."
"Where is he now?"
"The last contact address for him is care of the US Army."
"I'll get on to Brass about an exhumation, you find Buck," Grissom ordered.
"You think he's a suspect?"
"I don't think anything yet, let's just find him."
Vegas Odyssey by Sammy Girl
ETA: And I just realized that it was an hour into Nov. 16th when I posted this, but since it's still the 15th somewhere out there, hopefully I won't get smacked around too much.
Pairing: None
Author on LJ: n/a
Author Website: n/a
Why this must be read:
Because it's Gil Grissom and Ezra Standish in the same fanfic. Because it's a fairly unique way of combining two fandoms. Because it's as much an investigation story as it is a character piece. And because it's Buck and Ezra trying to feel their way around each other while they work a cold case.
Women are being murdered in Vegas, and the CSI team thinks there may be a connection to a woman who was murdered more than fifteen years ago: a showgirl named Cindy Wilmington. When her son, federal agent Buck Wilmington discovers that there may be a lead, finally, in his mother's murder, he goes straight to Vegas. Ezra sees something he probably shouldn't have and, more to his surprise than anyone else's, decides to go with Buck and keep him out of trouble.
Sammy Girl writes a mean fanfic. Long, plotty, character-driven and worth every minute it'll take you to read. If you haven't the time to dig in tonight, bookmark it for tomorrow. You'll be glad you did.
This fic is primarily a Mag 7 fic. I had never even heard of CSI when I first read it and had no trouble following it, so lack of familiarity with the characters shouldn't interfere with your enjoyment.
All the evidence pointed to this woman being a victim of the same killer who had murdered Gail Simmons two weeks earlier in near identical circumstances. Both women were killed on the fourth floor of a hotel, in an unoccupied room. Gail had been a prostitute, Gil would lay good money so was this woman. Both were white, both were in their early thirties. Both were killed by some sharp object being inserted into their chest over the sternum, driven up along the bone to the neck and then rammed in.
Nick put down the autopsy report at the case conference. "He's very consistent, and calm," he commented. "There's no frenzy. They have sex, but all the evidence is that it's not rough; he uses a condom, there are no marks of restraint, he knows exactly what he's doing."
"Meaning?" Grissom promoted.
"Gail Simmons wasn't the first victim?"
"Very possibly. Do some research, see if there are any murders, solved and unsolved with a similar MO."
It took most of the night, but he found it, just over twenty years ago, Cindy Wilmington, a thirty two year old prostitute, killed in a hotel room, in a very similar way. Nick presented his findings to Grissom.
"Fifteen years is a long gap. Can we be sure it's the same person?" Grissom asked. "According to this autopsy report, this woman fought back."
"Maybe she was the first. No planning, it just happened?"
"And it speculates that the murder weapon was a stiletto knife. Ours isn't."
"It's a chisel," Nick confirmed.
"Right, a very fine chisel. If we could take a look at this woman's body, maybe we'd be able to match up the score marks on the bones?"
"Why ahead of you," Nick cut in. "Cindy Wilmington, buried in South Ridge Cemetery, one next of kin, a son - Buck."
"Buck?" Grissom raised an eyebrow.
"Apparently that's his name. The police questioned him at the time."
"Where is he now?"
"The last contact address for him is care of the US Army."
"I'll get on to Brass about an exhumation, you find Buck," Grissom ordered.
"You think he's a suspect?"
"I don't think anything yet, let's just find him."
Vegas Odyssey by Sammy Girl
ETA: And I just realized that it was an hour into Nov. 16th when I posted this, but since it's still the 15th somewhere out there, hopefully I won't get smacked around too much.