Since I started blogging, I haven’t mentioned what my projects are. One of them is my novella – which I’ve richly talked about in the previous posts – but I’ve been working on more complex and demanding stories.
The genre is crime and thriller. I’ve grown up watching “Murder, she wrote” series and reading Sherlock Holmes and Hercules Poirot novels. I do think they influenced my imagination and creativity. The first work I’d like to introduce is my first complete novel. Although it’s finished in its 93K words approximately, I’m considering to get back to work on it. The novel is about a woman who grew up in one of the worst slums of the world. She survived by theft and, unfortunately, selling her body. One day she met her ‘prince charming’, she got married and flew to the United States. What seemed the beginning of a new and prosperous life soon became a limit. Theft was her soul. She had lived illegally for decades, and this kind of freedom allowed her to get what she wanted: huge amounts of money and, especially, jewels. Once she got rid of his husband, she maniacally pursued the precious French diamond called ‘The Regent Diamond’. The woman craved it. After having followed the stone all over the world, she planned to steal it during its exhibition in London. Unfortunately, the mysterious deaths she left behind caught the attention of the police. DCI Smith and DCI Murphy started investigating and discovered the identity and the reasons behind this woman. The idea came up to my mind in February 2016. I was on the plane from Dublin, and a customer was complaining there was no space on the overhead locker for his bag. I was struck. Although the customer was upset, he had maintained a quietness and politeness that I wish everybody could have. But what triggered my brain’s cells was his luggage. It was a simple, black, leather bag with a golden latch on its side. It probably contained a laptop or documents, it was hard to say. Its simplicity made it fascinating. What was inside? I started daydreaming. Maybe, the man was an architect with important projects. Maybe, he was a spy, carrying information about the national security. He might have been a high-specialised worker, working in high-tech or engineering. He had passed the last months working on an important job for his company, and now was getting back home after the final approval of his bosses. I thought the latter option was the most reasonable and unpredictable. I brooded on it. I liked the idea of this professional who had an important task to complete. It happened that, at that time, I was reading “Eleven minutes” by Paulo Coelho. I’ll quickly explain what this novel is about, and I guarantee that quite soon you’ll find a review of this book on Sam’s Bookshelf page. The novel is about a poor girl convinced to move to Switzerland to have a better and wealthier life. Unfortunately, the man who wanted her to go to Switzerland framed her. She is forced to work in a brothel, where she will meet the true love of her life. I needed a girl like this, but my character had to be manipulative and selfish. She also had to be beautiful and capable of using her beauty to her advantage. My main character was born. Stealing, cheating, and murdering were her means of surviving. The only thing she cared about was her well-being and diamonds – she definitely did. ‘The Regent Diamond’ was the perfect connection between her and our engineer. In approximately one year, I had written the book. I have to be honest; I started submitting it to publishers and agents without any luck. I don’t give up. I’m planning to start revising and partially rewriting my novel to make it more thrilling and darker. I’ll keep you updated. Although I had it finished, I carried on writing. I’ve currently been writing a thriller. It’s about a journalist who, after having got back to his hometown, discovers that Wendy, his college flame, died in an unusual accident. The journalist investigates and finds out a thick net of corruption, bribing, and criminal activities. The inspiration – as often it happens – came from the real facts. I was reading the news when my eye caught an article about a mysterious death in a village in India (LINK). A woman died, and her husband had got away without any legal consequence, although the proofs demonstrated he was guilty. The journalist then discovered that the husband was in a good relationship with the mayor, who, to maintain his position of power, used bribing and corruption to get him unpunished. I’ve just written seven chapters, but I hope to finish it within the summer. My efforts don’t only focus on novels, but I also write short stories. I’m concluding some of them, which I hope to be able to submit to mystery and detective stories magazines. I will publish some of them on the Short Stories page of this website, too. After this long post which explained what I wrote about, I wish an amazing week of reading and writing. Take care and see you next week! Cheers!
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