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Book Review By Na Ng.
Sanctuary by Nora Roberts

Sucessful photographer Jo Ellen Hathaway recieved taunted photos of her own, then the next was her long lost mothers; naked, and dead. Horrifyied she went back to her family's island home off the coast of Georgia, Sanctuary where she grew up with her brother, Brian and sister Alexa. Their mother disappeared in one night without a word. Over the year, everyone has wondered where she might be; left with another man, or dead, but now Jo learned that her mother was dead. Murdered. Then Nathan Delaney appeared unexpectedly to Sanctuary claiming to know the secrets behind Jo's mother's death.


Plot & Themes
Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
How difficult to spot villain? - Very difficult--no foreshadowing/clues
Time/era of story:
What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 40%
Misc. Murder Plotlets - solving long-past murder
Kind of investigator
Any non-mystery subplot?
descript. of violence and chases - 20 %
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 10 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40 %
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 30 %
Crime Thriller Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status:
Age: - 20's-30's
Ethnicity/Race

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Motive of antagonist - insanity
How sensitive is this character?
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Southeast
Small town? Yes

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - actual description of sex
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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