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I would like to ask if anyone would like to beta read my manuscript. Now, there's no rush because I'm in the middle of another, final, rewrite. If anyone is interested please PM me - no pressure.

Just to outline things - The book is called NRPD: The mean streets.
It's a comedy thriller that sees two detectives from the New Rochdale Police Department hunt a serial hit-man through the mean streets of New Rochdale.

If you want more information before you agree to anything that would be fine.

Cheers, Nick.
 

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Just to entice you a little bit here is the blurb. Also if anyone is worried about the length - it is being cut. Cheers Nick.


A killer is stalking the mean streets of New Rochdale.

Two policemen are viciously slaughtered in a seemingly opportunistic attack.

Detective Sergeant Nugus Bottomley and his new recruit Detective Constable Padraic Evans manage to tie the murders to a train robbery from the 80’s - a train robbery that never was.

A local gangster and his Hollywood starlet daughter are only too happy to confuse Nugus and Padraic, especially when a mysterious stranger starts leaking blood everywhere.

Then comes the TV crew.

A twisted plot - gruesome murders, a creepy prison cell, a doner kebab and an ice cream van.

NRPD: The Mean Streets - You may die laughing.
 

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If it would help to sweeten the pot I would be very happy to return the favour.
Thanks.
 

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Nugus, I'm sorry it doesn't sound like my sort of thing.

If you don't get any bites, you might consider posting a small bit from the first chapter in SYW. This gives potential Betas a chance to see your writing ability and gives you a chance to hook someone. A couple times I have offered to beta because I liked what I read in SYW.

Good luck!
 

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syw also gives folks a chance to get to know you....and see if you reciprocate, and what value that may be. it just helps people get to know you and your stuff, and most people are reluctant to beta blind.
 

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Thanks for the advice guys. However, I have already put some work through SYW and reciprocated to others.
Perhaps my answer is already there.
Cheers.
 

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Thanks Corey cmi0616, I really appreciate your offer. If any others are interested I have posted my new second chapter in the Mystery SYW. (My first chapter is there as well, floating about maybe twelve months ago).
Cheers Nick.
 
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