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How's that for a starter?
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Thanks. I'll make sure to try to avoid those stereotypes. In terms of the general plot, here is what I am thinking (this is still in kind of brainstorm form):
MOTIVATION FOR MURDER:
A couple of years ago, Sorority Girl A and B were driving home from a party and 'A' had had too much to drink (it is not meant to imply they all drink, just this one) and ran over someone. 'A' is a very ambitious, intelligent and unscrupulous person. Since they were on kind of a deserted road, 'A' decides to just hide the body and she pressures 'B' (who is kind of malleable and scared) to keep quiet.
Now, 'B's conscience is getting to her, leading to some mental health issues. 'B' is planning to see a psychologist and 'A' is concerned that 'B' will confess the whole thing, thus ruining 'A' so 'A' decides to murder 'B' and make it look like a suicide and set it up so that 'B' will leave a note confessing to the hit-and-run, thus ending two concerns for 'A'.
The college is in a small community and the police are readily able to accept it as a suicide.
PROTAGONIST:
A newly-ordained Catholic Priest who is in charge of the Catholic student ministry at the college. 'B's parents know the Priest's family and through that roundabout connection, the Priest agrees to at least look into the issue.
The Priest would be intimidated by the sorority women and he would feel like a loser among...well...sorority women, but he begins to notice some suspicious issues (the suicide note/confession was typed and printed and he notices the appointment with the psychologist scheduled on her PDA [why would someone make an appt. w/ a pshrink if they were going to kill themselves the day before]).
The Priest's work is cut out for him:
1) Find out who killed 'B' (fairly quickly, he begins to suspect 'A' but can't prove it)
2) Figure out a way to bring the murderer to justice (the police are reticent to view it as anything other than suicide)
Sound interesting?
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