| Donna Brunos's life is shattered when her husband Georgio is sentenced to a long stretch in Parkhurst maximum security prison for an armed robbery he claims he was not involved in. When the vital witness to his innocence commits suicide in prison, the only way she can get her husband back is to break him out. To do this she has to associate with London's darkest underworld figures while she struggles to keep Georgio's business going. However when his car dealership is attacked and she finds suspicious documents detailing dodgy bank transactions abroad, she finds out a horrifying truth about Georgio and wonders whether he really is the loving husband she thought he was. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of story - very humorous Time/era of story: Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Legal Thriller Yes Legal Plotlets descript. of violence and chases - 20 % Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20 % How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20 % Crime Thriller Yes Crime plotlets: General Crime (including known murderer) Yes Main Character Gender - Female Profession/status: Age: - 40's-50's Unusual characteristics: Main Adversary Identity: - Male Age: - 40's-50's Profession/status: Eccentric: Yes Motive of antagonist - money/treasure The antagonists are: - gangs How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters Setting Europe Yes European country: - England/UK Asia/Pacific Yes Asian country: - Southeast Asia Misc setting - prison - resort/hotel - fancy mansion 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 - actual description of sex - descript. of breasts - descript. of other female areas - rape (yeech!) Unusual forms of death - dropped from large heights - rough sex - run over - drowned - perforation--bullets - blunt clubbing (like seals) Unusual form of death? Yes Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |
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