Best Selling author, columnist, screenwriterand writing tutor James Fouche has published two crime novels, which are currently being considered as production possibilities. His third novel formed part of a work thesis for his master’s degree in Creative Writing, and his long anticipated fourth novel has been edited and currently awaiting for a good publishing and distribution deal.
During the COVID lockdowns, James created and scripted a crime drama TV series, then filmed a proof-of-concept video to pitch the project to networks. The proof-of-concept video received special selection status at five festivals.
About his upcoming novel ‘GRAY’
LOGLINE: REVENGE IS NEVER BLACK OR WHITE
When an insurance salesman called Gray loses all his loved ones in a series of freak incidents, he is the only remaining beneficiary. He inherits a small fortune in insurance payouts. In the pursuit of justice, he starts investigating the deaths of his family members, only to find that their deaths were all linked to a feud between two rival gangs. With an insurance investigator determined to prove that Gray had a hand in his family’s deaths, Gray sets in motion an elaborate plan for revenge that will pit the two drug bosses against each other.
Gray – Short Synopsis
An unassuming protagonist, known only as Gray, works as a financial advisor and leads a simple life. His dulled consciousness of the surrounding crime in his area is suddenly brought to life by the death of his brother when they are caught in the crossfire of a gang war. This awakening is then brought into razor-sharp focus by the subsequent deaths of his mother, who dies from a heart attack, his sister-in-law, who decides to kill herself when her sorrow becomes unbearable, and his wife, who dies in an accident. Gray holds two warring criminal gang leaders jointly responsible for their deaths and his grief. His decision to avenge his family is further fuelled by the discovery that he has incurable brain cancer.
After inheriting an astonishing accumulation of wealth from his deceased family members, Gray becomes erratic, desperate and incautious in his plans to rid society of the criminal element that had caused him grief. With an insurance investigator convinced that he had a hand in his family’s deaths, Gray sets in motion an elaborate plan for revenge that will pit the two drug bosses against each other.
