Douglas Schofield, the author of Succession and Flight Risks, has a new legal thriller on the rights market, Time of Departure. The TV and film rights are currently available.
Kim Witherspoon
A Florida state prosecutor is as tough as they come, though not everyone loves her for it. When a highway project construction crew unearths two skeletons in a common grave, she reopens an investigation into a string of abductions that took place before she was born.
A famed novelist, who has since become a recluse following the night she discovered her sister’s body and caught a glimpse of the fleeing killer, writes a novel about the crime in order to get an interview with the journalist she believes to be the murderer.
Logline: A 12-year-old girl who lives alone with her mother is put to the test when an estranged family member re-enters their lives looking for forgiveness, but threatens to exploit secrets from her mother’s past.