| While doing a report on some rapes, Cassie Sheridan discovers the name of one of the victim's family and let it be known. Because of that the victim commits suicide. Cassie is then sent away from the center of career to do jobs that are below her usual status in the field of journalism.
After relocating to her new job people begin to show up dead all over the place. In between trying to keep in favor with her daughter back home, but always having to cancel plans just like in the past she is waiting to see if the approaching storm is going to become a hurricane or not. She befriends a young boy who ends up in the middle of the murders sights, because of something he found while treasure hunting. She ends up helping him make things right, while at the same time becoming a target of the murder herself. | ||
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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: Disaster, natural or nuclear Yes Kind of disaster: - storm/hurricane What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - nearly 100% Misc. Murder Plotlets - character killed during/after sexing Kind of investigator The crook is.... - stalking/killing innocents Any non-mystery subplot? descript. of violence and chases - 70 % Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10 % How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 0 % Crime Thriller Yes Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes Main Character Gender - Female Profession/status: Age: - 20's-30's Ethnicity/Race Main Adversary Identity: - Male Age: - 20's-30's Profession/status: Motive of antagonist - power How sensitive is this character? Intelligence - Average intelligence Setting United States Yes The US: - Deep South Writing Style Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |
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