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I wrote a book
Synopsis
Lara McAllister was adored by everyone in the small town of Grants Pass until one rainy day last year when she vanished without a trace. Some believe she simply ran away. Others believe something sinister happened. In a close-knit community where everyone knows everyone’s business, is it possible that nobody saw anything?
Rookie Homicide Detective Maeve Kalani moves to Grants Pass in the hopes of starting fresh and is assigned to the case.
Maeve begins to untangle the mystery behind Lara’s disappearance, paranoia and mistrust sets in as she realizes that everyone has some sort of connection to the missing woman.
Weak alibis and hidden motives are everywhere, and it seems no one is willing to dig up the past. But when everyone is a suspect, who can she trust?
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Why this genre?
I had read so many murder mysteries in my life where I would guess the killer in the first 25% of the book or even movie. I would go to thriller movies with "twists you didn't see coming" and guess who it was in the first 15 mins (proceeding to ruin it for whoever I was with). I was always disappointed and I figured I could give it a shot to try and see if I could hide it better. As it turns out, it wasn't as easy as I thought it would be.​
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​There can be absolutely no plot holes, and you have to make the killer an unexpected but not all that surprising of a choice, otherwise people won't care who it is.
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I personally loved books where there were so many options, each with their own motive, that I was bouncing back and forth between who I thought it was (aka, Agatha Christie's masterpieces).
I was left disappointed by so many mystery novels that I really didn't want that for my readers. This ended up with me having to re-write this novel at least eight times.
The clues have to fit
The red herrings have to be flawless
The twist has to hit
- I took a stab at it, and I hope I can stump at least a few of you!
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M. J.
what they are saying...
Twisted officials, perversions, and a trail of impossibly connected and unsolvable crimes.
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- Scott Eveloff, Author of Do Not Resuscitate
The Ties that Bind Us is a well-crafted slow-burn police procedural that kept me guessing... At times, the story evokes the chilling atmosphere of The Silence of the Lambs, with the author unraveling the mystery and revealing the villain in a way that made me audibly gasp.
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- James Foley, Author of
Treasure Coast
Megan Jamieson's debut novel is a true page turner that keeps you guessing until the very end...
The twists and turns are cleverly disguised and the red herrings are so believable, it is impossible to put down.
- Kim McCallum, Author of What Happens in Montana
