Murder in the House of Commons
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Abriss:
Female protagonist, no love scenes
Schauplatz:
London
Epoche:
The present
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Personen:
Linda Perlinger is a lawyer in her early thirties. She is severely threatened by a madman named Veracity; Linda feels attracted to the police officer Paul.
Paul Sutherton, a very handsome detective at Scotland Yard, is in his mid-thirties. He is seriously anxious about Linda, as she seems to be one of Veracity’s potential victims.
Brad, Paul’s friend and an inspector at Scotland Yard; a likeable person.
Lili Perlinger, Linda’s cute five-year-old daughter.
Liz, Linda’s best friend, has been in touch with Linda ever since their school days. She immediately takes Lili in when the threat becomes too great; she only appears in the background, on the phone.
Tanja Stephens, Linda’s old school friend; she is Veracity.
Mr. Earthone, Linda’s superior; a shrewd, smooth politician who approaches Linda benevolently; he is almost murdered by Veracity.
Alan, Linda’s assistant; an unprepossessing, yet very ambitious young man with thick glasses who abuses Linda’s trust.
The suspect, Tom Bayer, suits the profile of a religiously motivated murderer perfectly at first, but is then found dead himself.
The expert Dr. Hurds; a good-natured elderly man with thinning hair and the beginnings of a paunch; he analyses and examines the threatening emails carefully.
The pathologist Dr. Hunter; a small, energetic woman who has been cutting up dead bodies in the Forensic Medicine Department for years.
Chief constable Smith; a ranting and rumbling man.
The physician, Dr. Ambroes runs the hospital in which the AIDS-afflicted son of MP Mrs. Dornland was treated; he only appears briefly.
Veracity’s first victim, Mr. White; a politician who does shady business with construction companies; he is found on his yacht underneath a heap of banknotes – tied up and dead of thirst.
Veracity’s second victim, Mr. Miller; he dies of an overdose of strychnine.
Veracity’s third victim, Mrs. Dornland; a fifty-year-old attractive woman; she falls into Veracity’s hands and almost dies as a result of her injuries.
Non-personalised characters:
Veracity, the killer's assumed name.
The wife of victim no. 1; she is only mentioned in narrations.
The wife of victim no. 2; a former prostitute. She gives away the true identity of her murdered husband to Paul.
The husband of victim no. 3; he loves his wife and is at a loss when she suddenly disappears without a trace.
and others.
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Nach obenWeibliche Hauptrolle First name of heroine ... 152 x Family name of heroine ... 27 x Hair colour of heroine ... 13 x Eye colour of heroine ... 1 x Favourite colour of heroine ... 3 x Favourite scent of heroine ... 1 x Männliche Hauptrolle First name of hero ... 227 x Family name of hero ... 14 x Hair colour of hero ... 1 x Eye colour of hero ... 1 x Favourite colour of hero ... 1 x Favourite scent of hero ... 1 x The hero's car ... 1 x Freund der männlichen Hauptrolle First name of hero's boyfriend ... 64 x Tochter der weiblichen Hauptrolle First name of the heroine's daughter ... 28 x Hair colour of daughter ... 1 x Beste Freundin der weiblichen Hauptrolle First name of heroine's girlfriend ... 2 x Alte Schulfreundin der weiblichen Hauptrolle First name of culprit ... 65 x Family name of culprit ... 4 x Chef der weiblichen Hauptrolle Family name of boss ... 28 x Assistent der weiblichen Hauptrolle First name of heroine's assistant ... 20 x Verdächtiger First name of suspect ... 31 x Family name of suspect ... 18 x Experte Family name of expert ... 16 x Pathologin Family name of lady doctor ... 2 x Polizist Family name of chief constable ... 3 x Arzt Family name of doctor ... 5 x Erstes Opfer Family name of victim 1 ... 38 x Zweites Opfer Family name of victim 2 ... 34 x Drittes Opfer Family name of victim 3 ... 27 x -
Leseprobe:
(Kursiv: wird durch Ihre Angaben ersetzt)Monday, 11 August, 8:30 a. m.
“Good morning, Alan!” Linda flung the office door open. “What’s new?”
“You haven’t missed much, Mrs. MP. How were your holidays?”
As a woman in her early thirties, Linda Perlinger was the youngest MP in the London House of Commons. She had just spent a week at the beach with her little daughter. “Lili was busy building sandcastles, and I found time to read a novel at long last.” She smoothed out her red two-piece suit and sat down at her desk. “Have you gone through my letters and emails?”
Her assistant nodded. “Last Tuesday, a strange message came in for you by someone named Veracity”, he said with a frown. “I saved it. Perhaps it makes sense to you. For me, it was rather creepy.”
“Veracity – love of truth?” Linda was surprised and checked her mailbox.
“I’d say, it was written by a man”, murmured Alan.
Linda double-clicked the message.
Hello, Sweetheart (now she knew why Alan assumed it was a man),
The sun has already risen, yet there is still darkness in my heart. I see seven golden candle-sticks, seven stars, but their message is unholy. Their light must die for the true Lord to shine. That is my calling, and thou art my mouthpiece.
I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars.
Be my Joanna, and behold what John did: that apostle says he is poor, but he is rich. I shall try him ten days, and he shall have tribulation ten days. The water shall rock him graciously, but it shall not reach his mouth. And his second death shall be my conquering, whilst his light goes out.
Veracity
Linda suddenly felt uneasy. “He knows me”, she murmured. “Hardly anyone knows that my second name is Joanna.” She faltered. “And he sent me another message, today.” Going through her emails, she had come across the sender’s name before. She double-clicked it, nervously.
Hello, Sweetheart. The first deed has been done. I want to hear thy voice. Veracity
After a while, Linda broke the silence. “There is nothing we can do. The best thing is to delete the messages and forget about them.”
Alan shook his head. “Don’t delete them, yet. If he writes again, it would be better for us to have all the emails against him.”
“You’re right”, said Linda with determination. “But let’s forget about them now as fast as we can. We have more important things to do. What’s on the agenda for today?”
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