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A FINE LINE
By Dan Burns

GENRE: Crime, Drama
LOGLINE: A struggling writer with a secret government past is hired by a wealthy philanthropist to investigate an old and unsolved murder case.

SYNOPSIS:

Sebastian Drake is a struggling author. His wife left him three years ago and took his children with her. She’d given his writing career more than a chance to succeed, working full time and taking care of the kids while Drake alienated himself in his office and toiled over his writing. Now working out of a dilapidated apartment in the city, Drake struggles to come up with his next writing project—the one he hopes will at least allow him to make a living. Drake receives an unexpected visit from a man who is interested in hiring him for a writing project. The man thinks he has just the solution to Drake’s writing challenges. He also thinks that Drake’s past and secret life with a shadow government organization is a valuable asset. His proposition to Drake is simple. Become a hired agent to investigate a murder case—a cold murder case that local law enforcement has no interest in pursuing any further. The job comes with a decent paycheck, all the support he could possibly need, and the types of real life experiences that will form the basis for great fiction stories. This is a story about a man with a new lease on life, a man who leads a double life. By day he is a struggling author. By night he is a rogue undercover and unknown vigilante. His biggest challenge is keeping intact the fine line of reality and fiction.

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