I’m currently sending out queries for my latest novel, a psychological thriller called SEVEN ANGELS. I was inspired to write this novel during the lockdown era of Covid. People were acting crazier than normal. I was also inspired by thinking about how easy it would be for a serial killer to kill and hide his victims while the authorities were distracted by national matters.
SEVEN ANGELS QUERY:
Emma Meyer, an anxiety-ridden MIT dropout, is struggling with her mental health during the summer of lockdown in Northern Virginia. Unemployed and desperate to avoid her alcoholic mother—who she’s stuck in the house with most of the day—Emma becomes obsessed with true crime podcasts. She learns of the “Hollow Man,” an urban legend in the local area rumored to be responsible for the murder of twelve young women who have disappeared without a trace. Emma’s bubbly friend Hani Abdullahi (a TikTok influencer with growing fame) tries to lift Emma’s spirits by giving her number to Luke Taylor—a charismatic landscaper with a Captain America smile. From the moment Emma meets Luke, she gets an ice-cold feeling in her gut.
Emma’s unease only deepens as she notices strange coincidences and signs that Luke might be stalking her. She starts to wonder if he’s the infamous Hollow Man from her true crime podcasts, or if lockdown is just kicking her morbid imagination into overdrive. Meanwhile, Hani, eager to avoid her overprotective family, grows closer to Luke, uncovering traumatic secrets behind his charming facade. With the lines between fear, reality, and attraction blurring, the girls must work together to expose Luke’s true nature before the Hollow Man pulls off his largest disappearing act yet.
AUTHOR NOTES:
Much like NONE OF THIS IS TRUE by Lisa Jewell, SEVEN ANGELS has an unreliable narrator coupled with the fast pacing of a psychological thriller. My novel also has the sinister, comedic deadpan tone of Oyinkan Braithwaite’s MY SISTER, THE SERIAL KILLER.
If you are interested in this story, don’t hesitate to reach out by leaving a comment or emailing me at jbjwrites@gmail.com
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