| Shadow of Guilt opens with prominent PR man Chip Keller on top of the world, but it's about to come crashing in on him. On a night he should've been home for his youngest daughter's birthday, he feels compelled to schedule a business event, lingering at the very moment a vengeful arsonist is setting his home ablaze, killing his wife.
Chip arrives home to a life that has been shattered. Stricken with guilt, he drops out of life, then struggles to reclaim it, trying to rescue a guilt-ridden woman by finding her kidnapped son and re-connecting with his children, who blame him for what happened. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear) Time/era of story: 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 % Crime Thriller Yes Crime plotlets: General Crime (including known murderer) Yes Main Character Gender - Male Profession/status: Age: - 40's-50's Ethnicity/Race Main Adversary Identity: - Male Age: - 20's-30's Profession/status: Eccentric: Yes How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters Setting United States Yes The US: - Northeast Misc setting - fancy mansion Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths Explicit sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - vague references Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |
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