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CRIME DRAMA MYSTERY SUSPENSE/THRILLER

Contemporary

Rebecca Rowland & Michael Aloisi

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Submision Type

book

Logline

A killer mails thirty body parts to random strangers across the country. Eighteen are turned into authorities, twelve are never found.

Genre

Crime,Drama,Mystery,Suspense/Thriller

Short Summary

Dennis Sweeney methodically wrapped and mailed thirty pieces of Julie to unexpecting people around the country. Jackson Matthews a washed up reporter discovers a letter warning him that within thirty days, another murder will be committed if all the body parts are not found... twelve are not.

Setting

A suburb in Massachusetts, Milwaukee (WI), Brooklyn (NY) and various cities across the United States where the pieces are received. In the book, the cities featured are Phoenix (AZ), Boston (MA), Montpelier (VT), Branson (MO), Atlanta (GA), San Francisco (CA), Philadelphia (PA), Salt Lake City (UT), Wells (ME), Omaha (NE), Wilmington (NC), Wichita (KS), Pittsburgh (PA), and Cadillac (MI), but many plot elements are flexible enough to set piece stories in alternative locations.

Based on a True Story

No

Plot - Premise

Other

Plot - Other Elements

Twist

Mature Audience Themes

Extreme Violence, Language/Profanity,Nudity

Main Character Details

Name: Jackson Mathews

Age: 49

Gender: Male

Role: Emotional

Key Traits: Aspiring,Empathetic,Educated,Selfless

Additional Character Details

Name: Dennis Sweeney

Age: 45

Gender: Male

Role: Antagonist

Key Traits: Complex,Criminal,Manipulative,Unapologetic,Narcisstic,Villainous,Aggressive

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About The Author

Michael Aloisi is the author of eight books, including Unmasked: The True Story of the World’s Most Prolific Cinematic Killer and Mr. Bluestick. Rebecca Rowland is the editor of the hit Halloween anthology Ghosts, Goblins, Murder and Madness and author of the short story collection The Horrors Hiding in Plain Sight. Both make their homes in an unassuming corner of New England not unlike the one in which Dennis Sweeney resides.

Target Audiences

Age: 18-34,35-54

Target Gender: Universal

Group Specific

Information not completed

Publishing Details

Status: Yes: with a Publisher

Publisher: Dark Ink Books

Year Published: 2019

Hard Copy Available

Yes

ISBN

978-1943201990