Okay, so every time I watch a crime show (it's currently Criminal Minds, but it's been things like NCIS and SWAT), I go back to this idea. I'll tell you my idea because I know I'll never actually write it, and if I do, no one will remember what I've said about it.
Anyway, my idea (and if someone wants to steal this, they can) was to write about a police officer working in a somewhat large city. He has a boyfriend at home, and he's very close to the people that work with him.
But, there's a serial killer, and the serial killer's victimology matches the main character. No one really thinks much of it because the main character is pretty standard--middle-class, 20-30-year-old brunet.
SPOILERS!! Of course, I'll never write this, and if anyone wants to, they can change whatever they want. Um, the serial killer is, in fact, the boyfriend! Surprise! Um, but the climax that I planned out for the book would be the FBI gets called in, and there are so many victims that they accept. Feeling the pressure and eventually devolving, the boyfriend kidnaps the main character and it is a race against time to find the main character alive.
Now, just explaining that get's me really excited to try and write it again, but I am working on so many different projects that I can't keep them straight. There's no way that I could possibly take on a fifth--yes, a FIFTH.
It's out of my head now. It's in the world. If you use it, please let me know. I'd love to read it.