Novels

There are a couple of pages on this site where I thought you might like to take a kind of behind-the-scenes peek at a writer working through ideas and (if you are a publisher, film or TV producer, actor. literary agent or network executive) be given a snapshot of available material.

The other page is called Film & TV and that deals more screenplays and script ideas. What you see on these pages is just the tip of the iceberg. I don't normally share this with anyone but you might find it interesting.

Mostly I work alone, but I have worked with other writers, notably David Chitty.

All material on this page is the copyright of David Callinan and has been registered at the Library of Congress in Washington and all rights have been reserved.

Shakespeare 2006

Three university friends, two of whom were student lovers, meet years later, each with a desire to become filthy rich, even famous, and challenge each other to come up with a killer idea. The result is a scam to end all scams. They claim to have discovered a new and unknown play by William Shakespeare. Problem is, before they can sell it, they have to write it and when they do, the play reflects their own lives as a modern day Shakesperian soap opera against the background of their tangled personal relationships.

How to stop ageing without losing your life.

A botanist adventurer discovers the secret of anti-aging and is preparing to give it to the world, when his daughter is kidnapped by the unscrupulous boss of a pharmaceutical giant, who sees the fantastic profit potential in the serum. The protagonist battles against all the odds to free his daughter, helped by his ex-wife, and is the only person alive to have taken the serum, which could have a deadly side effect.

Is blood thicker than water for a contract killer?

Two baby sisters are separated at birth - one joins a convent in Ireland, the other is adopted in America and grows up to become a female contract killer. They meet again when the US sister is given the contract to kill the president of the United States during a visit to Ireland. Rollercoaster action adventure as the sisters discover who they are, fall in love with the same man and are captured but escape the clutches of the police and the CIA.

Secret passions lie just below the surface.

Female revenge thriller with a schoolteacher who lives a double life as a prostitute and a rich man’s daughter who is being forced to marry one of his business associates.