A confident police chief in the Texas Hill Country finds a diary and discovers his entire life has been based on lies and deception, but the battle to dig through the past and unravel the truth becomes dangerous and could cost him his job, his family, and his sanity.

Ruthie,

It doesn't look like you've implemented any of the advise you've gotten. I suggest you review the comments given to this concept and studdy the 'Formula' tab on the top bar before your next draft.

Yeah, what's the lie, the deception?

There are any number of films about people discovering secrets buried in the past. ?Or accepted truths and facts that turn out to be lies and deceptions. So that is hardly a story hook, a unique feature. ?The hook of the story would seem to be the nature of the deep, dark secret.

Well, what is it?'

What makes this story so special, so different from all the other stories about skeletons in the family closet, ghosts from the past coming back to haunt the present?

Yeah, what's the lie, the deception?

There are any number of films about people discovering secrets buried in the past. ?Or accepted truths and facts that turn out to be lies and deceptions. So that is hardly a story hook, a unique feature. ?The hook of the story would seem to be the nature of the deep, dark secret.

Well, what is it?'

What makes this story so special, so different from all the other stories about skeletons in the family closet, ghosts from the past coming back to haunt the present?