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Broken Heartsby Linda Watson-Brown - 16:28 on 01 December 2008
Broken Hearts . . . Just to keep everyone up to date - I've been working on the final draft of the last Brodie McLennan book for the last few days. It's called 'Broken Hearts' and I'm so happy to be getting a good run at it. I've cleared all of this week and am going to be working night and day to get it well on its way to a final draft that can then be edited before Christmas, well ahead of deadline. The writing of the actual book isn't actually the only time consuming thing - there is so much going on behind the scenes, but even when this draft gets sent to Avon, there will be questions about every little thing that can take a lot of work. When someone reads it who hasn't seen any of it before, they can often ask really enlightening questions that you have just taken for granted. Anyway, I know that a lot of people are interested in the whole process of any book actually ending up on the shelves,so here are the answers to a couple of questions I've been emailed recently: Who decides on the title? Not Grace Monroe! This one was originally The Heart Thief, which I loved, then Payback, then there was a flurry of emails from Avon in which a few titles were suggested. Finally, Broken Hearts was settled on - I do like it as it as a few different meanings, but I have to say that it had absolutely nothing to do with me at all! What will the cover be like? Again, this has nothing to do with me - it is all designed on the basis of the book synopsis which will be going to Amazon round about now, and be getting punted out to booksellers through the sales staff at Avon. As soon as I do get it, I'll post it on the site. So, what is the story about? Well, hot off the press so to speak, here is the blurb I've just sent to be used: In Edinburgh a man’s corpse is found with an overdose of heroin and missing his heart. The murder and its expertly removed organ allows reporters and police to resurrect the name of one of the country’s most renowned killers – Romeo.20 years ago, this twisted modus operandus was identical to that performed by Brendan Fallon and Renee Richardson, two ten year olds found guilty of kidnap, murder and mutilation. But having served their time, the killers were released under new identities and the case was put to rest. Until now.
Are the Romeo killings beginning again? Is a copycat on the loose? The authorities hope so - otherwise the evidence points to a cataclysmic error in judgment two decades before.
Defence lawyer Brodie McLennan is drawn into the investigation when she is hired to defend Dr Graham Marshall, one of the city’s richest men, who claims to be being blackmailed and wrongly identified as the Romeo killer. Who would be trying to frame such a man, and what is their motive?
Brodie soon becomes trapped in a case where dangerous secrets from the past mean that nothing, and nobody, can be taken at face value. Ultimately, she must risk everything she has to defend a client who may be a victim . . . or a monster.
Does the writing of a new book mean that you forget about the ones which have already been written? To an extent, but because Brodie has such a complicated past, there does always have to be some reference made to what has gone on before given that we're on book 4. I always have to remember that there may be someone who hasn't read the previous books so some degree of summary has to be there. Just now however, there's not much chance of forgetting Dark Angels, Blood Lines and The Watcher because I've just been told that Tesco will be running a big promotion on all three in 2009 which is fantastic and gives me more books to shift about on the shelves when I do my midnight supermarket shops . . . Linda x Comment from Christina at 21:17 on 07 April 2009. I LOVE your books!!! Really looking forward to the 4th :):):):):):)Add your comment Please note that whenever you submit something which may be publicly shown on a website you should take care not to make any statements which could be considered defamatory to any person or organisation.
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However, I cringed when I read "morgue"(USA) instead of the correct "mortuary"(Scotland) or "surgeoncy" (the correct legal term I believe, all advocates/police officers used to use it), then more cringing with "autopsy" (USA) instead of "post mortem" (Scotland). Finally, and the biggest cringe of all - there are 15 people on a Scottish jury, not 12.
Unlike some, I like the characters, because I've met them (in Edinburgh), or rather composites of them. Quite spooky.
Keep it up, but stop stealing my ideas!
Elrick.