A rookie L.A.P.D. homicide detective finds herself in over her head trying to track down a serial killer who is collecting the heads of victims yet discarding the bodies where they will be easily discovered. Not only is the killer committing murder, they are also redefining the bioethics of medical science in the process.

SYNOPSIS:

Newly-hired homicide detective Sheila Gatti (early 30s) follows a set of clues that initially puts her on the trail of the wrong suspect, wasting precious time. Little does she realize that the killer is actually Dr. Brett Stevens, a renown L.A. neurosurgeon who is delving into the marginalized medical science of head

transplantation. Dr. Stevens' experiments require volunteers, of course, and since those are not readily forthcoming, his obsession to perfect attaching heads to a new body overrides his Hippocratic Oath to "do no harm" and he chooses to face murder charges instead. And although he may be breaking the law, he is also redefining the boundaries of medical science and bioethics in the process. In fact, I include some of the latest research on the attempts to do head transplantation in my story.

"Head Games" contains twists and turns, including a big one at the end of the series when it's revealed that Dr. Stevens' wife died from breast cancer and he's been keeping her head frozen with liquid nitrogen in a secret chamber off of his basement laboratory with the intent to resurrect her by attaching her head to a healthy body---that is, of course, once his experiments are complete and the surgery will likely be a success. "Head Games" keeps the audience engaged trying to figure out first of all who the killer is and then which characters are aiding and abetting the crimes. Several clues are dispersed discreetly throughout the story that ultimately pay off in the end. I am also open to compressing the story into a 100-110 page feature script, if preferred.

HEAD GAMES