| Nora Sinclair is young, beautiful, and owns her own business. Although every man is interested in Nora, she is only intersted in them if they have money.
Nora wants their money and will do anything to get it. John O'Hara of the FBI is trying to find out how she is getting it and how she keeps getting away with murder. He goes undercover as an insurance investigator. This makes Nora pretty nervous as she is now wonering if her fraud and murder spree will be exposed. While undercover, O'Hara breaks the FBI code of ethics and has a physical relationship with Nora. This proves to be nearly fatal for John and his family as Nora finally exposes her own murderous and jealous side. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of story - Dry-cynical Time/era of story: Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book The crook is.... - stalking/killing innocents descript. of violence and chases - 10 % Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40 % How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 30 % Crime Thriller Yes Crime plotlets: Is MAIN CHARACTER an EVIL criminal? Yes General Crime (including known murderer) Yes If story PRIMARILY about main chr. being hunted... - hunted by dangerous boy/girlfriend/spouse Main Character Gender - Male Profession/status: Age: - 40's-50's Ethnicity/Race Main Adversary Identity: - Female Age: - 20's-30's Profession/status: Eccentric: Yes Motive of antagonist - money/treasure How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters Setting United States Yes The US: - Northeast Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey descriptions deaths/dead bodies Explicit sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - touching of anatomy - actual description of sex - descript. of male nudity Unusual forms of death - poisoning Unusual form of death? Yes Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |
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