| As Eve and Roarke plan a lazy Sunday morning, Commander Whitney calls her personally to lead an investigation into the brutal rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl Deena, Captain Jonah McMasters' daughter. McMaster and wife were away on a vacation over the weekend, with Deena all alone at home. All evidence points to the fact that Deena knew her killer and let him enter the house.
Eve's suspicion that the attack was planned and deliberate is confirmed when they recover a video blaming McMasters' for Deena's torture and death. Eve and Peabody manage to find out from Deena's friends that she was involved with a college-going guy she had met recently, but no one remembers meeting him. The killer is surely related to one of McMasters' cases, but which one? Going through each one of his arrests over more than a decade of police work is going to take time. But Eve and the team do not have any more time to spare. The killer has claimed one more victim on his list and Eve has to stop him before he takes down the next. Meanwhile, Eve has to deal with the political and public displeasure over the stalled investigation and her own personal nightmares over yet another sexual homicide. | ||
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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? - 70% Kind of investigator Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Any non-mystery subplot? descript. of violence and chases - 10 % Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 70 % 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 Unusual characteristics: Setting City? Yes City: - New York Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey descriptions deaths/dead bodies Explicit sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy Unusual forms of death - rough sex Unusual form of death? Yes Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript |
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