My husband has written two novels which seem to fall into the Adventure or Action/Adventure Genre. You don't have that Genre on your list and it seems missing from most magazine articles about the various genres. A lot of what I read seems to be in this category, not exactly a thriller, but maybe more (My understanding of a thriller is that one or more of the main characters is in constant danger.)
Novel #1 is set slightly in the future, 5 years after a limited nuclear war. A young woman awakens from a nightmare and finds that she has lost her memory. Strangely, she can remember what year it is, and what happened 5 years ago, but she can remember nothing about herself, not even her name. A note in her belongings provides a slim clue. She begins a journey seeking the people who wrote the note. (I don't think it fits into the Fantasy or SciFi genres. There is no science or futuristic things in it. To the contrary, people in the novel live a more primitive lifestyle. Government no longer exists per se. People have to look out for themselves and their neighbors. There is some romance in this one, but it is not the story's focus.)
Novel #2 is set in the present and follows a young gemologist through some life altering experiences, the most important, participating in the investigation and rescue of her best friend's kidnapped daughter. (It is not a mystery, since the reader knows from the beginning who the villian is. The heroine and friends have to unravel the clues, and find the girl before she disappears forever. No romance in it, maybe it could be Suspense?)
What do you all think?
Joan
Novel #1 is set slightly in the future, 5 years after a limited nuclear war. A young woman awakens from a nightmare and finds that she has lost her memory. Strangely, she can remember what year it is, and what happened 5 years ago, but she can remember nothing about herself, not even her name. A note in her belongings provides a slim clue. She begins a journey seeking the people who wrote the note. (I don't think it fits into the Fantasy or SciFi genres. There is no science or futuristic things in it. To the contrary, people in the novel live a more primitive lifestyle. Government no longer exists per se. People have to look out for themselves and their neighbors. There is some romance in this one, but it is not the story's focus.)
Novel #2 is set in the present and follows a young gemologist through some life altering experiences, the most important, participating in the investigation and rescue of her best friend's kidnapped daughter. (It is not a mystery, since the reader knows from the beginning who the villian is. The heroine and friends have to unravel the clues, and find the girl before she disappears forever. No romance in it, maybe it could be Suspense?)
What do you all think?
Joan
