Query Letter

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Ms x, Submissions Editor
Some Agents
A street
London POSTCODE

Dear Ms. x,

I'm looking for a literary agent, and I'd like to submit my crime novel for your consideration.

Cynthia is a light-hearted software developer working in the City of London. She doesn't believe in mixing work and romance – until she meets her obnoxious boss's dashing step-son Harold. Unfortunately, said obnoxious boss is murdered just as things are hotting up. Cynthia was fifteen feet away at the time, concentrating on a particularly tricky program. She knows who she'd be arresting if she were in charge of the case.

Feeling like a techie Bridget Jones plunged smack into the middle of an Agatha Christie, Cynthia decides to track down the killer before she's hauled off in a Black Maria. Her friendly co-workers James and Liz volunteer to help with fingerprints and back-watching. Cynthia trawls through her boss's emails and interviews a succession of eccentric colleagues. Absolutely everyone seems to have a motive.

Meanwhile, Harold is flatteringly persistent. Flirting madly over dinner, Cynthia wonders if this is a romance? Or is he just sussing out what she's up to?

Cynthia's enterprise arouses the ire of the enigmatic Superintendent in charge of the case. She can handle that. But then she attracts the murderer's attention.

Stiletto in Old Street is my first novel, complete at 75,000 words. It's aimed at the contemporary crime fiction market. All of the characters are fictional, but I have experienced Cynthia's setting at first hand; until recently I worked as a senior software developer in Old Street.

I have not included an SAE because I am currently based in Ireland. If you would like to see the manuscript, please let me know by email. My email address is above. Thank you for your attention.

Yours Sincerely,





Ita Ryan