When Charles Aden, hotshot real estate attorney, is sent by his development firm to investigate the disappearance of Sam Carey, a key player in a lucrative real estate deal, it is business as usual. But when Charles discovers Sam?s dead, frozen body along with disturbing evidence that ties his firm to the murder, he realizes that his assignment is anything but routine. Charles Aden hunts a big city killer who hides his crimes in the snow-covered secrets of Almiiitey?Maine?s smallest small town.

Definitely not a logline. More of a mini-synopsis. This needs serious trimming, and the way to do that is to skin it to the bone. So, we’ve got Charles as the protagonist. We’ve got the discovery of the body as the inciting incident. We’ve got the hunt for the killer as the goal. We’ve also got the evidence tying his firm to the murder, which is probably worth working in. We’ve got Almiiitey as the setting. I’d work with that and nothing more – there’s no other way I can see to keep the word limit down, and even that is pushing it.

Something like, “A hot shot real estate attorney dispatched to Maine’s smallest town discovers a client’s (?) body with evidence linking his firm to the murder, and is forced to hunt down the killer to get to the truth.”

Sam may not be a client, though, so insert appropriate replacing word. Also, would an attorney really be working in such an investigative capacity, actually ascertaining the whereabouts of someone? Wouldn’t the firm employ a private investigator for that?