'Author' - A Murder With A Twist
Blackett Hill, a small community with no children wasn't on any map. When a best selling author goes there for an unwelcomed book signing and is killed, its unusual residents are more than just alarmed. They are frightened.
As Detective Douglas, a surly, stubborn police officer, investigates the murder, he finds the town's doctor blocking his every move. When the entire town shuns him, his capable assistant Sgt. Ryan is caught in the middle.
With no murder weapon and too many suspects, the officers have to resort to unusual tactics to unravel what they believe maybe the truth. But nothing is what it seems, and karma has its own ideas.
'Author', is a murder mystery with more than just a twist. When even the murder weapon can not be identified, the police need to dive into some unusual aspects of the publishing industry. As the detective focusses on Roger Blackett, the man that owns the property that the town is built on, the gloves are removed.
'Author' started out as a eight week challenge that I imposed on myself at the beginning of February 2019. I finally finished my first draft on March 17, 2019, (in six weeks instead of a eight). To make the challenge easier, I decided to go more mainstream and write a murder - mystery instead of one of my more gory, Sci-Fi novels that requires tons and tons of research.
Even those I wrote it relatively quickly, the first draft (released in April 2019) was for the most part well received. However, after listening to some feedback, I took almost a year to re-write and re-edited it. It was finally re-published in May 2020. Although it is technically the same book, with the added attention to detail, it swelled from a merger 45,000 word challenge into the 75,000 word novel that I'm now proud of.
As Detective Douglas, a surly, stubborn police officer, investigates the murder, he finds the town's doctor blocking his every move. When the entire town shuns him, his capable assistant Sgt. Ryan is caught in the middle.
With no murder weapon and too many suspects, the officers have to resort to unusual tactics to unravel what they believe maybe the truth. But nothing is what it seems, and karma has its own ideas.
'Author', is a murder mystery with more than just a twist. When even the murder weapon can not be identified, the police need to dive into some unusual aspects of the publishing industry. As the detective focusses on Roger Blackett, the man that owns the property that the town is built on, the gloves are removed.
'Author' started out as a eight week challenge that I imposed on myself at the beginning of February 2019. I finally finished my first draft on March 17, 2019, (in six weeks instead of a eight). To make the challenge easier, I decided to go more mainstream and write a murder - mystery instead of one of my more gory, Sci-Fi novels that requires tons and tons of research.
Even those I wrote it relatively quickly, the first draft (released in April 2019) was for the most part well received. However, after listening to some feedback, I took almost a year to re-write and re-edited it. It was finally re-published in May 2020. Although it is technically the same book, with the added attention to detail, it swelled from a merger 45,000 word challenge into the 75,000 word novel that I'm now proud of.