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B. J. Winters

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Having additional readers encourages me to write and improve. I welcome commentary.

I work full-time, and have a family. I write in my spare moments (which appear to be many since I'm here and have three other novels nearing completion). Not much more to say "about me".

The Ghost Writer is finished (approximately 75,000 words) - but I will not be posting it all here.

If you must read something of mine - give me the tough critique on Perfect Crime -- it needs polish and an objective eye. Please offer feedback on a later chapter (beyond 1-3) What do you like? What would you change?

And thanks for dropping by. :)

halemarcum@yahoo.com

*Cover by Bradley Wind.*

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Perfect Crime

B.J. Winters and Haven Monroe

A routine follow-up on a newspaper story leads two journalists to a plot of kidnapping, murder and revenge.


It's a typical summer in Chicago as the Mafia and the Press engage in a mix of intrigue, and gunfire.

Tessa Morgan wanted to leave her past behind, but her Italian heritage falls into the mix as fellow reporter Scott Crawford begins to research a series of missing persons cases, and finds that one ended in murder. As he gets closer to the truth about how the Perelli family is linked to New York, and how the the Chicago Pier Authority and the City Council really work, she tries to warn him. The "family" doesn't take kindly to reporters interfering in their affairs.

But Scott has his own past and hidden agenda. The timing of his move from New York to Chicago is suspect. Is he romancing the pretty redhead reporter for a story? Or is it just coincidence that he knows Tessa's real name and her father?

Will the whole truth save them - or kill them....

 

The Ghost Writer

B. J. Winters

Hale Marcum was a witness to a horrific crime—trouble is, he was sleeping at the time.


Automatic writing is a skill that Hale would prefer to do without. Living alone in Placerville, California, he defines himself as author, not a psychic. Yet, when strange text appears at his bedside, and neatly typed within the pages of his manuscript, he can’t ignore the possibility that he could prevent a murder.

Together with his editor, Nadiya Kingsley, he tracks a killer and a body in a glass coffin. But he gets too close, and his life takes a dangerous turn when Nadiya disappears and Hale is stalked in his own home.

Can Hale find Nadiya before the killer buries her too? Or before the police decide that he’s been the murderer all along?

The Ghost Writer is a fast-paced, 75,000-word thriller that places you into the mind of a writer who wants nothing more than to craft mysteries, rather than end up in the middle of them time and again. The story won "Best Non-Romance" while posted on Fiction Press. I hope you enjoy it.

{Complete, but only partially posted}

 

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I wrote 584 days ago

Back for a little more - I picked chapter 16 at random. What I liked was the pacing (crisp and quick) and I liked that you used dialogue to push things forward. Not too many descriptions - but what's there (example: eyebrows that almost met in the middle as she frowned) are highly visual. I did... view book

I wrote 602 days ago

I haven't done a review here in ages, so I'm a bit rusty -- but I got your PM, and have a few moments so I came to take a peak at your story. I chose your uploaded chapter 14 at random. I liked that the initial hook/first paragraph is very clean. It didn't require me to know what happened in ch... view book

I wrote 798 days ago

**FC Review** I got through reviewing chapters 1, 4 and 5 -- and rather than hitting update on the last edit, I hit delete. *headslam* -- I'll do my best to recreate..... Chapter 1: The first paragraph and opening lines of dialogue didn't really hook me. I felt the writing was a bit over th... view book

I wrote 807 days ago

I enjoyed this read and think the perspective and voice is consistent. I spent most of my time in your chapter 4, and I would like to offer two quick suggestions. First - be careful about overusing exclaimation points. In most cases the dialogue or phrasing imparted urgency -- and you didn't real... view book

I wrote 809 days ago

Liked the dialogue and Steve in particular in your uploaded chapter 7. Good luck. view book

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