| The protagonist, a PHD mis-fit female detective/profiler "Susan" recently widowed, late husband also a police detective. Sinks into mentally ill soup of alcoholism, violent assault, alcoholism detox, hallucinations, job and status loss, delusions of persecution and justifiable loss of custody of her ward niece into the care of a foster family. Rather than be a come back from behind character Susan continues to secretly, she thinks, drink after her bout with detox. Remarkably, the police superior that fired her hires her back as a special consultant on a serial murder. Then even more remarkably Susan becomes the focus of the antagonist. Along the way Susan has drunken alley sex with someone she barely could remember to speak to in the bar earlier that night. The sex, implied as unprotected anal intercourse with a stranger, pushed this book over the edge and into the trash. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear) How difficult to spot villain? - Very difficult--no foreshadowing/clues Time/era of story: What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 80% Misc. Murder Plotlets - killer purposefully leaves puzzle clues Kind of investigator Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Any non-mystery subplot? descript. of violence and chases - 10 % Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30 % How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10 % Crime Thriller Yes Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes Main Character Gender - Female Profession/status: Age: - 20's-30's Ethnicity/Race Unusual characteristics: Main Adversary Identity: - Male Age: - 40's-50's Profession/status: Eccentric: Yes Motive of antagonist - insanity The antagonists are: - government bureaucracy How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor Intelligence - Average intelligence Setting United States Yes The US: - West Desert? Yes Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey references to torture Explicit sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - vague references - touching of anatomy - descript. of breasts Unusual forms of death - asphyxiation Unusual form of death? Yes Amount of dialog - mostly dialog |
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