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Book Review By Amrita Nandagopal
Thankless In Death by J.D. Robb

It is holiday time and Roarke's Irish relatives are coming down to spend Thanksgiving with him in New York.

Eve and Peabody are investigating the brutal murders of the Reinholds, an ordinary middle-class family.

They soon realize that the murderer was none other than the Reinhold's 26-year-old son, Jerry, a social misfit liked nothing better than to steal money from his loved ones and spend his time lazing around or gambling.

Eve is given an offer of captaincy, something that she had secretly aspired for earlier.

When Jerry's former-girlfriend and a teacher who failed him in college end up dead, they realize that they are up against a violent killer who seems to have drawn a taste for blood and vengeance. Eve and Peabody interview Jerry's friends and relatives and come up with a list of people whom Jerry would love to torture and kill, but how do they know where he will strike next?



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 - 20 %
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20 %
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

Setting
City? Yes
City: - New York

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey references to torture
Explicit sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy
Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript
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