| This is the story of Sophie Katz, a half-black, half-Jewish woman who lives in San Francisco and writes murder mysteries. Sophie's wisecracking personality gets shaken up a bit when she starts to see signs that someone is breaking into her apartment.
Sophie is further unnerved when there are copycat crimes based on her novels: a woman killed with a hatchet in a park, for example. Everyone around her starts to look suspicious. In particular, a Russian man named Anatoly whom she meets at Starbucks seems to be up to no good. Anatoly has a hazy job that no one really knows about, and Sophie begins to suspect that he may be involved in past murders as well. She wants to free a rapper who may be unjustly in prison, so she and her friends decide to get to the bottom of Anatoly. But is there someone they forgot to investigate? | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of story - very humorous Time/era of story: Misc. Murder Plotlets - local police w/ IQ of a houseplant - killer purposefully leaves puzzle clues - Proving innocence of very obvious suspect - Big focus on forensic evidence Kind of investigator Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book The crook is.... - stalking/killing innocents Any non-mystery subplot? descript. of violence and chases - 20 % Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40 % How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 0 % Crime Thriller Yes Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes Is Romance a MAJOR (25%+) part of story? Yes Main Character Gender - Female Profession/status: Age: - 20's-30's Ethnicity/Race Main Adversary Identity: - Male Age: - 20's-30's Profession/status: The antagonists are: - FBI/CIA 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: - California Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths Unusual form of death? Yes Amount of dialog - mostly dialog |
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