| Mitch Rafferty is a business owner and professional gardener. His wife Holly is kidnapped and kidnappers want $2,000,000 in 3 days. They shoot a guy walking a dog to prove that they are serious. His is told not to go to police or they will kill his wife. Police are suspicious and Mitch is not sure whether one of them is involved so he can't confide. When he goes home, he finds his kitchen covered in blood and the scene made to look like he killed his wife. Kidnappers have him under surveillance and know his every move. Kidnappers told him to go to his genius nice brother who agrees to give him money but takes him instead to bad mob guy who brother works for and he leaves him to be killed. Anson, who Mitch thought was a shining brother, is a heartless monster who double crossed the kidnappers before and that's why Holly was targeted. People are dying right and left as the suspense builds and Mitch is pressed on all sides from the kidnappers, his brother, and a police detective who is hot on his trail. Mitch becomes more and more desperate to ransom his wife, changing from an average tenderhearted man to an aggressive dynamo, while his wife worries more and more about her future as she is placed in the hands of an insane serial killer. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear) Time/era of story: Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book descript. of violence and chases - 30 % Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40 % How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10 % Crime Thriller Yes Crime plotlets: General Crime (including known murderer) Yes Who's the criminal enemy here? - breaking up mobsters Main Character Gender - Male Profession/status: Age: - 20's-30's Ethnicity/Race Main Adversary Identity: - an organization Profession/status: Motive of antagonist - money/treasure The antagonists are: - gangs Setting United States Yes The US: - California Misc setting - fancy mansion Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |
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