If i ever finish it :-) but actually, at the moment, feeling fairly confident. It's hopefully going to be a novel of aroudn 80K-120K, and I've written just over 14K so far.
It's set in Scotland approx 50 years in the future. It starts with Smita, a detective, working on the first murder case after her promotion to DI and with her own team. The victim is a political lobbyist, who investigates powerful people and doesn't shut up if he's going to embarass them, and used to be a Procurator Fiscal (similar to a District Attourny in the US) who has put many people away oveer the years - so no shortage of suspects!
The interweaving bit is his backstory, which tells the story of his friend who met someone, fell in love, married her, had a good life together - and then she wants to go into cryostasis while he can't for religious reasons. That was what the death journal was the motivation for, but have better reasons now I think, and it was overshadowing the actual point of that plotline!
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It's set in Scotland approx 50 years in the future. It starts with Smita, a detective, working on the first murder case after her promotion to DI and with her own team. The victim is a political lobbyist, who investigates powerful people and doesn't shut up if he's going to embarass them, and used to be a Procurator Fiscal (similar to a District Attourny in the US) who has put many people away oveer the years - so no shortage of suspects!
The interweaving bit is his backstory, which tells the story of his friend who met someone, fell in love, married her, had a good life together - and then she wants to go into cryostasis while he can't for religious reasons. That was what the death journal was the motivation for, but have better reasons now I think, and it was overshadowing the actual point of that plotline!
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