Gems in the Hotel

By Peter Eagle

A little jewel in the middle of the desert where men are being killed. Gems in the Hotel is more than a crime novel. We are surrounded by people who appear to be who they really are not. People who claim to love us but actually stab us in the back. We will never fully know what is real. Gems in the Hotel is an example of that. A hotel becomes the perfect place for a murderer to carry out the most heinous acts. Challenging a detective to follow the clues that lead to the capture of this mysterious person. However, it will be difficult because the detective is looking for the killer in the wrong place, without imagining that the killer is closer than he thinks.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Peter Eagle
• Release date: Dec 4, 2020
• ISBN: 9780463384534

Peter Eagle

Peter Eagle (Pedro N. Aguilar) obtained studies in Architecture and Computer Science at Bakersfield College. He has a passion for writing and offers a complete new world of stories and scripts. His Genres are Fantasy Fiction, Drama, Young adult fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Bildungsroman. His passion for writing is complemented by his artistic ability as a painter in the abstract Neo-Expressionism trend. His stories and scripts will leave a mark on each person who reads them.

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Introduction

A little jewel in the middle of the desert where men are being killed. Gems in the Hotel is more than a crime novel. We are surrounded by people who appear to be who they really are not. People who claim to love us but actually stab us in the back. We will never fully know what is real. Gems in the Hotel is an example of that. A hotel becomes the perfect place for a murderer to carry out the most heinous acts. Challenging a detective to follow the clues that lead to the capture of this mysterious person. However, it will be difficult because the detective is looking for the killer in the wrong place, without imagining that the killer is closer than he thinks.

PETER EAGLE

GEMS IN THE HOTEL

FADE IN:

1 INT. HOTEL - ROOM - NIGHT

A woman and a man appear in the hotel bed having sex, we can see mirrors on the ceiling of the room (we do not see the woman's face, the camera makes a SERIES OF CLOSEUP to the couple's body) The woman gets out of bed and walks towards the bathroom, she opens her purse and takes out a bottle with a silver liquid, she flicks the bottle with her finger, and suctions the liquid with the syringe.

CUT TO:

2 BLACK SCREEN - GEMS IN THE HOTEL

DISSOLVE TO:

3 INT. HOTEL - ROOM - MORNING

The police are in the same room in the hotel where the couple was having sex. In the room there is a lot of movement, police taking photos, notes and collecting evidence. The man who was having sex appears in the hotel bed naked. The man is dead.

OFFICER BRENCE

What do we have here?

Officer Scott looks at the mirrors on the ceiling.

OFFICER SCOTT

It looks like a passionate murder.

Officer Brence walks towards the man's corpse and sees a small mark on the man's left arm.

OFFICER BRENCE

This is the same mark that the other victim had.

OFFICER SCOTT

The victim we found in the room above.

Officer Brence throws out his cigarette and takes the folder under his arm, opens the folder, and shows to official Scott a picture of a dead man.

OFFICER BRENCE

See the mark on his arm?

Officer Scott brings his gaze to the picture.

OFFICER SCOTT

I can barely see it.

CUT TO:

4 INT. HOTEL - ROOM - SAME

The entrance door is slammed on the wall by FBI investigator Ryan Mitchell who enters the room, people who are in the room taking photos and notes start to whisper.

SHOT ON RYAN MITCHELL

Ryan goes directly to the man's corpse.

RYAN MITCHELL

Another murder...

He pulls out a cigarette and lights it on.

OFFICER BRENCE

We have photos of the last victim. They both have the same mark on their left arms.

OFFICER SCOTT

You can barely see it here...

He shows the picture to Ryan.

RYAN MITCHELL

I have a better picture if you want to look at it.

FBI investigator Ryan Mitchell gives Officer Scott a folder and pulls out his badge and shows it to officer Brence.

RYAN MITCHELL

FBI murders division will handle this investigation.

OFFICER BRENCE

Sure - you guys always want the big fish.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

RYAN MITCHELL

I don't know if your department is aware of this officer...

He tries to remember the officer's name.

OFFICER BRENCE

Brence -- Brence Carter.

RYAN MITCHELL

Brence Carter but ten months ago -- a supposed passional crime was committed in the room next to us - and guess what officer Carter?

there is a short silence.

RYAN MITCHELL

exactly - it had the same mark that the victim that was murdered three months ago had - and the same mark

this victim has- We don't want the big fish officer, but we are the only ones that can catch them.

There is a silence.

OFFICER BRENCE

(sighing)

Ok detective -- Scott! -- make sure the FBI gets a report of all the evidence we found here…

OFFICER BRENCE (CONT’D)

We will transfer this case to them.

DISSOLVE TO:

5 EXT. HOTEL - STREET - SAME

Ryan leaves the hotel, in the street there are cars circulating and people walking. Ryan receives a phone call.

CLOSE SHOT RYAN MITCHELL

RYAN MITCHELL

Hello?

ELIZABETH

Hello honey - will you be home for dinner?

RYAN MITCHELL

(sighing)

I don't know, we had another murder at the hotel -- Things happen in this hotel that don't happen in other hotels.

ELIZABETH

Ok -- I'll go to the store – since you are busy.

RYAN MITCHELL

If you have problems using the credit card just call the bank -- I'm not sure if we reached the limit already.

ELIZABETH

Ok - I love you.

RYAN MITCHELL

I love you too --

(hang up the call)

Ryan takes out the keys to his car and gets in it, a Ford

Mustang cabriolet 1970. He starts the car and leaves.

THE CAMERA TAKES SHOTS OF THE BUILDINGS OUTSIDE AND THEN DISSOLVES WITH A SHOT OF RYAN INSIDE THE CAR FROM THE BACK.

DISSOLVE TO:

6 EXT. STREET MAGAZINE STAND- AFTERNOON

Ryan parks his car in front of a magazine stand, gets off and walks towards it, starts looking for the newspaper. Next to the magazine stand is an old man smoking a Cuban cigar. The old man is sitting in a chair and does not say or do anything but smoke his cigar, he is the owner of the magazine stand.

Ryan grabs the newspaper with the current date. He takes out a cigarette and lights it on, he seems a little thoughtful, when he is about to get in the car he looks across the street and sees a couple. The man is giving the woman a bouquet of roses. She smiles, take the roses, and then she gives the guy a kiss.

RYAN MITCHELL

(turns to the old Cuban man)

Do you have the newspaper that came out eleven months ago?

The old Cuban man looks