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Book Review By Joanne Tynan
The Deviant by Michael Harris

    Raymond Spinner has a dual personality. At first the reader is not sure how far his alter ego will go, but then strange things began to happen to Raymond. He's doing things that he's not aware of and then his split personality convinces him that they must kill in order to make his dream come true. His dream being to write an amazing new novel that the world is drooling over. He wants to become a success again and to him that means killing, starting with a hooker he was once involved with.
    He must now cover his steps in the first murder, making him frame his ex-girlfriend and then in time, killing her too, making it look like a suicide. The detectives on the case aren't fooled and begin digging deeper into Raymond Spinner's life. That's when he decides to make it personal with Detective Mallory Sommers. His first move, to kill her lover and partner, sending her into a predator state...her prey being Raymond Spinner, who has now become Edgar, a stone-cold killer.


Plot & Themes
Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story:
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
The crook is.... - stalking/killing innocents
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
Is MAIN CHARACTER an EVIL criminal? Yes

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - 20's-30's
Ethnicity/Race
Unusual characteristics:

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status:
Motive of antagonist - power
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters

Setting
United States Yes
City? Yes
City: - New York

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Explicit sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references
A lot of techno jargon? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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