| Bart Minnock, the young founder of a upcoming gaming company, is found decapitated in his holo room which is locked from inside. The room is empty save for Bart's horrific remains and the latest game that his company is working on. When NYPD's technical team tries to retrieve the disc, it self-destructs and Roarke, Feeney and McNab find themselves racing against time to salvage it.
Naturally, Bart's friends and co-owners of the gaming company U-Play, Cill, Var and Benny are the prime suspects. But how did any one of them manage to get inside a lock room and vanish without leaving any trace on the security videos? Lieutenant Eve Dallas is terribly out of her depth when it comes to technology, but the best when it comes down to hunting down the bad and the vicious. When Cill is found in a near-dead condition at her empty apartment, Eve knows that the killer won't be satisfied with just one murder. | ||
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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: What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 80% Special suspect? - best friend Murder of certain profession? Kind of investigator Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Any non-mystery subplot? descript. of violence and chases - 20 % Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 60 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10 % 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? - moderately detailed references to deaths Explicit sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy A lot of techno jargon? Yes Unusual forms of death - decapitated Unusual form of death? Yes Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript |
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