No pic to prove it, but I spent much of today writing about 3,000 more words on my novel:
Framed Innocence - a young lawyer in Dallas takes a court appointment for a drug runner and surprisingly gets him off, becoming the favorite of the local drug lords, but crosses them, and they put a contract on him. He stabs the hitman with his umbrella, but they decide on a worse fate for him - framing him for a murder that will end his career and reputation for integrity. He is convicted for the murder, but dies in a mysterious plane crash while on appeal. Or does he?
A man looking much like him, a former cancer patient in Dallas, turns up in Costa Rica, giving seminars on asset protection.
This novel weaves a complex plot intertwining the law, the drug underworld, fields of plastic surgery and mortuary science, volunteer cancer Hospice service and private pilot adventures.
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Very interesting plot. Looking forward to reading more. Jensen (e instead of o
I was thinking about Sven) will give us something to look forward to: If (1) He
didn't really die in the plane crash, and if he does not really, really have cancer, and
(2) He can survive all the hit men after him.
If I can rely on you, then both Jensen and I will sleep better every night. Wow, though,
3000 words in one day!
@rgollmit - The question is -- will someone smell a fish and redouble their efforts to check the corpse for fingerprints?
And how did the Hindu man survive the terminal cancer?
Or, how did the protagonist keep the Hindu man's death from being recorded in Dallas County.
You are simply going to have to buy this book to find out the answers to these intriguing questions.
I like the opening. However, the old rule of success for novels is: They should include references to religion, royalty, sex and mystery. In case you have forgotten the accepted opening sentence of the lead paragraph I quote it here. " My God!", exclaimed the Queen. "I'm pregnant!!". "I wonder who did it??"
Anyway, congratulations on a good start of what we hope will be a best seller.
@dkcarter - I remember your secret of best-selling success. I am looking for a chapter to embed it into my newest novel.