Manuscript Status: Finished
Mentor Name: Marty Mayberry
Mentee Name: Anne Raven
Title: IN THE NAME OF THE MOTHER
Category: Adult
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Word Count: 91,000
Pitch:
The Punisher meets Revenge. Bail enforcement agent Alex is hell-bent on finally avenging her murdered mother. Shot while investigating the crime, Alex turns to Reid, the man she once pushed away. Together, they work to expose the dirty cops who covered up her mother’s homicide, but when Alex’s life is threatened, she fears Reid will be next. Unless she eliminates her stepfather, the man she loves will become collateral damage.
Excerpt:
Alex Keller’s plot to murder her stepfather was off to a rocky start.
Blood dripped from her fingertips as she shivered against the chilly breeze coming off the San Francisco Bay. A police siren shrieked through the night air, too distant to be for her. She stumbled across the pavement to the warehouse, leaving a trail of muddy boot prints and dark red droplets.
The fire licking up her arm had died down to a weak burn sometime during the drive across town. Not a good sign.
She wheezed as she searched for the hole in the mesh fence and eased through the gap. Wincing, she curled her good arm around her torso as if it would magically fix the blunt force trauma to her ribcage. Thankfully, she’d grabbed the bullet-resistant vest she kept handy for her day job, otherwise she’d be bleeding out in somebody’s backyard.
Jagged bricks cut into her hands as she used the warehouse to hold herself upright. She smashed her elbow through the first windowpane she found, the deserted old shipyard swallowing the sound, and lifted herself up onto the ledge. When she teetered off balance, she grabbed the frame and glass ripped through her palm. She hissed. Her legs buckled, and she sprawled onto the warehouse floor.
God, she was a mess.
Served her right for going after O’Connell before she was ready.
5 Comments
Michelle Richter · November 1, 2017 at 1:13 pm
I’m intrigued. Please send a query and your first 50 pages to me at querymichelle@fuseliterary.com. Don’t forget to include PitchWars in the subject line 🙂
Ann Leslie Tuttle · November 1, 2017 at 9:29 pm
I would love to see more. Please send the first 25 pages to me at atuttle@dystel.com. Thank you.
Lindsay Mealing · November 2, 2017 at 10:50 am
You know I’ve been dying to read this again! Can you please send your first 50 pages to querylindsay@emeraldcityliterary.com. Please include your query in your email and Pitch Wars in the subject line.
Thanks,
Lindsay
Amanda Jain · November 3, 2017 at 9:47 am
I love the voice here and can’t wait to see where your story goes. Please send your full as an attachment to amanda@inklingsliterary.com. Thank you!
Pitch Wars from a 2017 mentee perspective… – Anne Raven · July 3, 2018 at 6:36 am
[…] put it up on the website for the Agent Showcase. Here’s a look at mine from last year… and the link so you can see how this is set out/what is […]
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