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Notes from inside the worlds.
Case notes, intelligence briefs, thriller rules, and observations on the ideas beneath the fiction. New files are added as the work develops.
Thriller Rules
The rules the genre runs on.
An open series. New rules are added as they earn their place.
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Rule #01 — If the obvious suspect is guilty…
You're probably only halfway through the story.
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Rule #02 — Never trust the person who has nothing to hide.
They probably do.
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Rule #03 — The strongest motive isn't always the killer's.
Sometimes it's the reason the real one succeeds.
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The files
- 01Case NotesWhy polished rooms make dangerous crime scenesPerfection does not remove suspicion. It gives every disruption a sharper edge.3 min read
- 02Intelligence BriefBuilding OrionA private intelligence firm is only as interesting as the cases it refuses to abandon.4 min read
- 03Fault LinesThe one truth everyone overlookedThe answer to a mystery is often visible long before anyone is willing to recognize it.2 min read
- 07Notes from the DeskWhere the ideas actually startNot with a plot. With a rule someone in the story is willing to break.3 min read
- 08Field FileA gated community. A wedding. A death that isn't an accident.Everyone in this group has a reason to lie. Only one of them has killed to keep it that way. In development.2 min read
- 09Case NotesWhat happens when the evidence is lying tooEvelyn Shaw has always trusted what she can prove. Book Two asks what happens when proof itself can be manufactured. In development.2 min read
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