Intro to novel

You are going to commit the perfect crime. You will commit your crime perfectly, but that is only a basic requirement. The distinction is a subtle one that confounds most master criminals, dooming their efforts to failure from the outset. No. You don’t just plan to succeed; you plan for failure also. You need to know that even if you are caught, you won’t be convicted. But even then, you haven’t encompassed the true ideal of the perfect crime. The perfect crime is undetectable; it is victimless; but still, you know it shouldn’t be done. It’s a bad thing. But you must do it. And you want to.
You start to plan. You’ve got your motives. But they are inconsequential to final outcome. A means to an bigger ends, if you will. You’ve got an idea in your head – a truly life-changing notion – and so you start planning around that. But you see the inherent evil in your plan, which is why you know what you will achieve is a crime. Before going further with details, you need to identify the perfect crime. You build a list of the most basic questions that need to be answered before anything else: who, what, when, where, and why.
Why. Crime is normally motivated by either money or revenge. But underlying all that is power. Maybe that’s why you know what you plan to do is bad. And that is also why you want to. Money and revenge are forms of power, but you want something less traceable, less tangible, less evidentiary. So, why? Control
When. When it’s a crime, it’s not so important how you do it, as how someone else can figure out later how you did it. If your prime methods leave no trace, they cannot be investigated later. And if they were somehow discovered, make it so they are not reproducible. No proof, no conviction, right. When? Transcedentally.
Who. Your first instinct: Obviously not you – remove yourself from the ‘scene of the crime’ as much as possible. But then think about the other answers you’ve already arrived at and know you must be at the very center of it all. The double-bluff; the best way to allay suspicion, by openly admitting your involvement. And don’t be lead into the trap of hubris. If you aim to get away with it because you are smarter, you must accept there is always someone smarter than you out there. No, don’t take it on alone. In fact, the more the better. And so the answer evolves logically, and you see the beauty of it all. Who? Everyone.
How. Now you are getting to the meat of the undertaking. What you have in mind is nothing as simple as “break into bank; steal gold”. It requires an evolutionary approach, much like growing a business: you need a business plan, investors, employees, a product, and a market for your crime. And when you state it like that, the answer is clear. How? Openly.
But all the rest is inconsequential when you consider the most important question, the big one:
And finally, What. They say “it’s only a crime if you get caught”. Sure. But the best way to get away with something is to do something so unique, so novel, that it isn’t actually a crime. Not technically. Not yet…