I really enjoyed this book and have read it several times. It is a very intelligent and suspensful mystery about a young college student who is found murdered by a police officer that she knew. She is estranged from her family, and stranger still, her so-called best friends are being very uncooperative with the police investigation. Finally, the main detective has to take matters into his own hands when he discovers the real killer and nobody believes him... | ||
Plot & Themes Tone of story - depressing/sad How difficult to spot villain? - Moderately Challenging Time/era of story: Misc. Murder Plotlets - - "All in the family" murder What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 70% Murder of certain profession? Kind of investigator Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Any non-mystery subplot? Crime Thriller Yes Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes Main Character Gender - Male Profession/status: Age: - 20's-30's Main Adversary Identity: - Male Age: - 20's-30's Profession/status: Motive of antagonist - money/treasure Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor Setting United States Yes The US: - Northeast Small town? Yes Small town people: - hostile, like Gomer Pyle on steroids Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey descriptions deaths/dead bodies Explicit sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - descript. of breasts Unusual forms of death - asphyxiation Unusual form of death? Yes Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |