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A prominent cat is murdered in a world of talking animals.

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A young girl is reunited with her older brother, three years after he mysteriously disappeared.

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This is just snippit of a larger plot synopsis, called Murder in the Shadow of Chelsea Towers West.

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Hello everyone! This is my first posting here. It is the first chapter of my second novel in a series about two women. I'd like to know: 1. if it's easy to get this first chapter without having read the first novel. 2. can there be too many tags and are there here? In a writers group it was said I didn't use enough tags and now I wonder if there are enough or maybe too many. Thanks for any input. It's exciting to be here! Anja

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Okay, this is going to be difficult for American readers (even yonger British ones), This is a very English thing, even regional -- as in London. Bus spotting was a popular hobby with kids (and nerds) in the 30's, 40's and 50's. However, this is a mystery short based around bus spotters, which I think stands up as a short story, but has potential to be expanded into a novel. I would really like some feed back on the plot. If this is expanded into a novel I plan for the reader to be transported all over London and learn some local history. Does it have a potential?

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“God won’t bother with plagues and floods. He’ll just send me.� When a serial killer is murdered while in the act of enjoying his latest victim, former LAPD detective, Hale Parrish, is asked to use his supernatural talents to investigate. His search is short-lived, because the vigilante, referring to himself as “Judgment,� tracks Hale down to reveal a life-changing secret: both of them are members of an elite bloodline created to enact divine wrath upon the wicked. While Hale decides whether his birthright is a blessing or a curse, shadows from his past emerge, forcing him to face his demons, protect his family, and take back control of his destiny.

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Nestled in the Vermont countryside, the Duncan family is lulled by the comforts of rural anonymity. Jillian Duncan, a widowed mom, is doing her best to raise her teenage sons. Unfortunately, her life drastically changes when her dog comes to their door and drops a finger on the doormat. The finger belongs to a neighbor, assumed a runaway months ago, when the girl disappeared during a blizzard. Before Jillian contacts police she uncovers a makeshift hangout in her basement dubbed by local teenagers as The Cheech Room. It smells of candles and puberty but reeks of a deadly secret that can't be kept. Jillian must decide whether reporting the girl's body, months after the case was closed, will destroy the only people she truly loves. Challenged by how far she'd go to protect her sons, Jillian attempts to put to rest a troubling secret from their distant past, while staying one step ahead of a detective bent on proving her boys involvement in the girl's disappearance. Swiftly, characters' layers peel away like onion skin and only in the end is the stinging core of truth revealed. Will it be too late to prevent another tragedy? Any constructive feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for your support.

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Number 2 in the Eagle Plume Detective series (the first is Homo Necans). To help you decide if you want to read this: this is a police crime story, not a mystery and I write in multiple POVs, though I do try to make it obvious when I switch characters. It does involve a shapeshifter quasi-psychic detective, so there's an element of the paranormal. The main focus, however, is solving the crime. Hope you choose to read on!

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Detective Star Malloy investigated one too many rapes in Los Angeles. She suffers from what she calls “Victim Syndrome� – she hears the victims’ cries in her sleep, sees their anguished faces, and feels their humiliation. Then she cracks. She executes a child rapist and at the age of 28 her police career is over. She returns to her hometown of Weyham, Massachusetts, to look into the murder of her best friend, Cara Laurens. Another friend named Ricky Chase is blamed for the crime, but he conveniently died of a drug overdose the next day. Star doesn’t believe it for a second. She is determined to find the real killer of Cara and exonerate Ricky. She seeks help from a local detective named Ed Brown. He’s not remotely interested in reopening a case that is as clear cut at this one. But he half-heartedly agrees to let Star investigate as long as she stays out of his way. Then a rapist strikes. His MO is to shove oxycondone pills into the mouths of young women and tape their mouths shut. They die of an overdose, but before they do he violates them. Star is thrust right back into the kind of vile crime that has already ruined her.

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Charles "Cash" Register is a Private Investigator whose new case is to reclaim the missing wife of a weird little mystic from the "Spirits of the Great Beyond." His mother thinks she is a reincarnation of Annie Oakley. She's very handy with a lasso. His assistant is a gorgeous but ditzy blonde who's built like the best brick outhouse money can buy. She has a lot of skin to cover in places. Somehow she always has a little trouble keeping it adequately covered. When Chuck-A-Roo the Clown; Cedrick the Sissy; and old, senile Mrs. Snodgrass and her dog get involved, it becomes a calamity. The humor is a little silly and over-the-top in places. BEWARE: There is a lot of sexual inuendo, adult situations and adult language. And yes, our P.I. is a bit chauvanistic at times. Any comments you would care to make are welcomed. Anything from a general "I like it" or "I don't like it" to a lengthy technical critique would be fine. I am writing this as I go. I have completed but four chapters at this point. I was rather reluctant to do it this way. But, what the heck. It will force me to work hard on it. Problem is...I don't have a clue where the story is going yet! Should be interesting! Thanks in advance.

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A couple clear out an old lady's rooms after she goes to a nursing home. They find a box of silk thread and talk about the woman and her odd ways.

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