Okay, so I have come to the conclusion that my novel should be categorized under mainstream/contemporary fiction.
Oddly, I don't read much mainstream/contemporary fiction.
Now that I'm starting to research agents and beginning my query letter, I'm wondering if, based on my little synopsis/hook, anyone could recommend any books that mine reminded them of? My aim here is to find some titles that I can compare my novel to, and perhaps also find agents on that basis. I appreciate any help! Here it is:
Raised as an assassin, Timothy decides to abandon the “family business” when Roger, his adoptive father, is shot and paralyzed. Now, finished with his surgical internship, Timothy returns home to find Roger bitter and untouchable. Timothy encourages him to meet an old associate at a local café; there, Roger encounters and forms an unlikely friendship with librarian Ellie Song. The relationship becomes life-threatening when Roger’s unbalanced elder son reappears, unintentionally alerting an old enemy to Roger’s presence. Faced with this deadly threat, Timothy must choose whether he will kill again. Can he save his family without sacrificing his future?
Oddly, I don't read much mainstream/contemporary fiction.
Now that I'm starting to research agents and beginning my query letter, I'm wondering if, based on my little synopsis/hook, anyone could recommend any books that mine reminded them of? My aim here is to find some titles that I can compare my novel to, and perhaps also find agents on that basis. I appreciate any help! Here it is:
Raised as an assassin, Timothy decides to abandon the “family business” when Roger, his adoptive father, is shot and paralyzed. Now, finished with his surgical internship, Timothy returns home to find Roger bitter and untouchable. Timothy encourages him to meet an old associate at a local café; there, Roger encounters and forms an unlikely friendship with librarian Ellie Song. The relationship becomes life-threatening when Roger’s unbalanced elder son reappears, unintentionally alerting an old enemy to Roger’s presence. Faced with this deadly threat, Timothy must choose whether he will kill again. Can he save his family without sacrificing his future?