Tag: fiction pitch example

Mystery Above the Fold

Above the Fold, by Amber Adams:   During an early morn St. Augustine jog, I trip over the body of local college president Burnett Lansing, still […]

Dark Fantasy Something Wicked This Way Comes

Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury   Next-door neighbors Will Halloway and Jim Nightshade are not quite fourteen when a strange, unexpected carnival comes […]

Western Romance The Longest Ride

The Longest Ride, by Nicholas Sparks:   Ninety-one-year-old Ira Levinson sits slumped in his car in a snowdrift, unable to move. His wife, dead nine years […]

Christian Mystery Merciful Blessings

Merciful Blessings, by N.L. Quatrano & D.K. Ludas:   Estranged sisters Hope, Faith, and Grace Blessing reunite for their father’s funeral in Merciful, Florida, and reluctantly […]

Action Thriller The Midnight Line

The Midnight Line, by Lee Child:   A small class ring, West Point 2005, initials S.R.S. $40. Retired army major Jack Reacher rescues this token […]

Chick Lit Fantasy Wicked Appetite

Wicked Appetite, by Janet Evanovich:   My name is Lizzy Tucker, and I’m the cupcake maker at Dazzle’s bakery. So it shouldn’t surprise me when […]

Romantic Comedy Christmas Letters

Christmas Letters, by Debbie Macomber:   Katherine O’Connor cannot restrain herself from telling child psychologist Wynn Jeffries what she thinks of his book that is spoiling […]

British Romance Roses and Champagne

Roses and Champagne, by Betty Neels:   Landed gentry Katrina Gibson and Lucius Massey have been best friends Katrina’s entire twenty-seven years. But when Lucius begins […]

Police Procedural The Drop

The Drop, by Michael Connelly:   LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch refuses to neglect his cold case assignment as instructed when handed a “high jingo” likely […]