| Mick Stranahan is a retired cop living in the Florida Keys. Retired early due to injury. He still has his contacts, and is still not quite ever able to stop his interest in law enforcement. One day a man comes to his house and tries to kill him. He manages to get away, but starts thinking about who would be after him. It comes down to an old case that was never solved. The case involved a woman who went to see a plastic surgeon, Rudy Graveline. Dr. Rudy is a crooked schemer, surgeon to the stars. He is reknown across the country for his skills. In actuality as soon as Rudy puts them under, one of his assistants takes over and Rudy never does any work, nor has much actual knowledge of plastic surgery. The girl in question went in, but died on the operating table, due to Rudy's negligence when he tried to perform the surgery himself. Rudy covers up the crime. In order to keep it covered, and his lucrative practice going, he needs to tie up some loose ends. One of them being Mick Stranahan, as the investigating officer, who could ask one too many questions. The other is a nurse who worked for him at the time. Unfortunately the people he hires to kill them aren't too sharp either and the job keeps getting bungled. And meanwhile Mick gathers more clues to be able to pin the original murder on Rudy. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of story - very humorous Time/era of story: Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book descript. of violence and chases - 40 % Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10 % How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20 % Crime Thriller Yes General Crime (including known murderer) Yes Who's the criminal enemy here? - finding a known killer If story PRIMARILY about main chr. being hunted... - hunted by killer/stalker Main Character Gender - Male Profession/status: Age: - 40's-50's Ethnicity/Race Main Adversary Identity: - Male Age: - 40's-50's Profession/status: Motive of antagonist - money/treasure The antagonists are: - evil doctors How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor Intelligence - Average intelligence Setting United States Yes The US: - Southeast Ice Caps/Sea? Yes Where? - Ocean Island? Yes Island: - Atlantic Ocean Island Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment A lot of techno jargon? Yes Kind of jargon? - biology/medical Unusual forms of death - impaled Unusual form of death? Yes Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |
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