Paul Tomlinson Knihy

Create Tough Guy Detectives and Femmes Fatales The crime thriller first became popular in the 1930s and has been a best-selling genre ever since. Readers and viewers love stories about private investigators, police detectives, forensic pathologists, serial killers, gangsters, conmen and thieves. To write a crime thriller you need to know the conventions of the genre - what elements people expect to find and what plot structure you should use. In this book you will find analyses and templates to write novels or screenplays featuring: Private Detectives Gangsters and Gun Molls Police Procedures & Forensic Investigation Serial Killers Undercover Cops Burglars & Thieves Confidence Tricksters Film Noir Romance Prisoners, Vigilantes & Enforcers In these pages you will also learn the secrets of the buddy cop story and details about informants, interrogating suspects, surveillance & stake-outs, conducting missing person and murder investigations, and how to write a car chase.

The Magician Vanishes! Benjamin Vickery, alias The Great Vicari, attends a meeting with a shadowy secret service official - and then disappears. His assistant Malloy and housekeeper Betty become increasingly concerned for his safety and set out to find him. But where should they look? His Majesty's government won't admit that the ex-magician was working for them, so the intrepid duo must investigate without their help. When Malloy is attacked by foreign spies, he knows he must be getting close to something - but what conspiracy are they hatching in the heart of the English countryside? With the security of a country at stake, The Great Vicari's talents are needed. But what should Malloy do when he uncovers evidence that Vickery may be working for the other side?