| Eden Storey is a voice over actress making a nice living in California. She left her telephone psychic grandmother, Jessie and troubled younger sister, Mimi, fiften years ago in Endor, Arkansas. She has not spoken with either one for years. Then one day she receives a call from Owen Charteris saying her grandmother has been hurt and Eden needs to come right away. Eden finds out that her sister's child has been dropped at Jessie's and someone must care for her and operate Jessie's psychic phone line while Jessie recuperates in the hospital. Eden has several misgivings but goes anyway.
While operating the psychic line, Jessie starts to receive phone calls from a strange woman. Eden is sure that it is her sister, Mimi. Mimi's daughter, Peyton, is a troubled young girl. Peyton knows things she shouldn't. She knows about guns and even more troubling, she seems to know an awful lot about the bombing of an airplane in Miami. People are looking for Peyton and Mimi. It is the right wing militia group that Mimi had become involved with.When the groups leader finally tracks down Peyton, things go from bad to worse. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear) Time/era of story: Spying/Terrorism Thriller Yes Cloak & Dagger Plotlets: Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book descript. of violence and chases - 10 % Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50 % How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20 % Who's the terrorist enemy here? Is Romance a MAJOR (25%+) part of story? Yes Main Character Gender - Female Profession/status: Age: - 20's-30's Main Adversary Identity: - Male Age: - 20's-30's Motive of antagonist - power The antagonists are: - radical right wingers How sensitive is this character? Intelligence - Average intelligence Setting United States Yes The US: - Deep South Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths Explicit sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy Unusual forms of death - poisoning Unusual form of death? Yes |
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