Climbing the Coliseum
Logline
Ed Northrup, a depressed psychologist, teams up with new deputy sheriff Andrea Pelton to unravel three explosive mysteries: who is posting racist flyers throughout town? why did teenage Grace Ellenson's mom abandon her and where did the mom go? how is rancher Vic Sobstak embroiled in a shady tax-evasion plan? And a fourth: Why do these three mysteries seem dangerously related and headed to an explosive collision?
Genre
Detective, Mystery, Drama, Family,
Short Summary
Ed is burned out--but he has to face the problems in Jefferson because he's the only psychologist. Andi--recently new to the valley--is lonely and out of place after leaving Cook County's Sheriff's department. Can they team up to solve the mysteries?
Setting
The fictional town of Jefferson, in the equally fictional Monastery Valley of southwestern Montana.
Based on a True Story
No
Plot - Premise
Quest
Plot - Other Elements
Twist,Value of community
Mature Audience Themes
Language/Profanity
Main Character Details
Name: Ed Northrup
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Role: Protagonist
Key Traits: Honorable, Masculine, Skillful, Empathetic, Insecure, Complex, Confident, Desperate
Additional Character Details
Name: Andrea (Andi) Pelton
Age: 48
Gender: Female
Role: Sidekick
Key Traits: Strong Moral Code, Blunt, Confident, Outspoken, Sexy, Complex, Decisive, Honorable, Perseverance
Additional Character Details
Name: Grace Ellonson
Age: 14
Gender: Female
Role: Emotional
Key Traits: Blunt, Funny, Insecure, Outspoken, Underdog
Additional Character Details
Name: Sheriff Ben Stewart
Age: 55
Gender: Male
Role: Mentor
Key Traits: Strong Moral Code, Blunt, Confident, Decisive, Funny, Leader, Masculine, Patriotic