Daniel Martin Eckhart

Not Minding the Hurt Daniel Martin Eckhart

"In 1971 two small-time thieves, Quinn and Murphy, decide to leave an Irish gang to take care of their families, a fatal decision that kills Quinn and Murphy's wife. Twenty years later, in a maze of killing games and mysterious deaths, Murphy and Quinn's sons combine forces to track down the killer who destroyed their pasts."*What you're about to read is a very dark New York City thriller in the form of an original screenplay. It got me my first topnotch literary agent, it was nearly bought by Robert De Niro's TriBeCa Productions, it led to script-doctoring talks with high-powered Hollywood Producer Arnold Kopelson and got me several screenwriting gigs. Alas, as it is with most spec scripts, it was never made. "Not Minding the Hurt" has been on the shelf, collecting dust, for some twenty-five years. I think it's high time for these characters to see the light of day - if not on screen, then in readers' minds. I thank them for those most intense of times I got to spend in their company - and I thank you for doing the same.