The Poison Profession
Logline
A stealthy assassin used by the UK and US secret service to remove political threats is protected by a black-hat hacker and layers of encryption, Crail is well concealed until she falls in love with celebrity gamer Rikard Larssen. The guardians of Crail will kill to protect her identity.
Genre
Suspense / Thriller,,Suspense/Thriller,Crime,Romance
Short Summary
Louisa Clayman, notorious vigilante assassin known as Crail, makes a fortune covertly killing high profile political criminals. Crail’s identity is well hidden by layers of encryption on the Dark Web when Louisa meets and falls for internet gamer Rikard.
Rikard's paranoid friend investigates Louisa and is killed before he exposes them her a Crail. Louisa, unable to see any way out for her and Rikard, kills him and herself in a drug induced murder/suicide. At the end of the story, we find out Louisa left her fortune to Rikards children.
Setting
London, New Zealand, Solomon Islands, Columbia
Based on a True Story
No
Plot - Premise
Tragedy,,Overcoming Monster/Villain
Plot - Other Elements
Twist,,Other
Mature Audience Themes
Extreme Violence, Substance Abuse, Nudity, Language/Profanity, Language/Profanity,Nudity
Main Character Details
Name: Louisa Clayman
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Role: Protagonist
Key Traits: Badass, Beautiful, Criminal, Lone Wolf, Secretive, Sexy, Honorable,Honorable,Lone Wolf,Secretive,Skillful,Complex
Additional Character Details
Name: Rikard Larssen
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Role: Protagonist
Key Traits: Romantic, Faithful, Funny, Engaging, Modest, Sexy, Badass, Charming,Charming,Engaging,Naive,Funny,Sexy
Additional Character Details
Name: Jack Clayman
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Role: sidekick
Key Traits: Decisive, Educated, Sarcastic, Badass, Confident, Greedy, Aspiring, Complex, Secretive, Adventurous, Aggressive, Manipulative, Blunt, Criminal,Badass,Complex,Confident,Educated,Leader,Narcisstic,Skillful,Secretive
Additional Character Details
Name: Jack Clayman
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Role: sidekick
Key Traits: Badass,Criminal,Decisive,Educated,Secretive,Power Hungry,Skillful
Development Pitch
The Poison Profession is a dark cyber-thriller about twenty-eight-year-old Louisa Clayman, who lives in London working as the CEO for Clayman Security. However, Louisa is secretly a Dark Web based assassin named Crail and works with her two brothers, Jack and Tom, to kill high profile enemies in assignments commissioned by western governments. The front of a complex money laundering scheme, Clayman Security is registered in the Solomon Islands and the siblings are left alone to do as they wish, living a hedonistic lifestyle outside of the law. This book has been described as a dark transgressive thriller with an unexpected twist and is based on ideas from 'Lord of the Flies' and 'Romeo and Juliet'. It is not a HEA ending and is not for fans of traditional romance although the story is based on the romance between Louisa and Rikard. The novel is fast-paced but not necessarily an easy read as it contains a lot of flashbacks and also another character is developed in parallel with the story. The reader only finds out how she (Akela) is related to the plot during the last chapters of the book. The Poison Profession is written for people who like transgressive characters - they are all a bit good and a bit bad. The ending is shocking and surprising and will make you cry. This is not a story for people who like predictable books with stereotypical characters. It also contains offensive language, graphic descriptions of sex, killing and drug use.