| Elena Estes, a former Palm Beach County detective turned stable girl, is out for a ride on a horse and stumbles on a dead body. She calls her former colleague to inform and, once he arrives, they discover that the body is of a friend and co-worker at the stable. As expected, Estes decides to run an investigation parallel to that of the police, which leads her to the wealthy world of polo ponies and people she knew in her former life;people she knew harbored secrets. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of story - Dry-cynical How difficult to spot villain? - Somewhat obvious Time/era of story: What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 90% Special suspect? - lover Murder of certain profession? Misc. Murder Plotlets - character killed during/after sexing 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 - 60 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10 % How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20 % Crime Thriller Yes Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes Main Character Gender - Female Profession/status: Age: - 20's-30's Ethnicity/Race Unusual characteristics: Setting United States Yes The US: - Southeast Farm/Ranch? Yes Farm/Ranch: - ranch - lots of descript of animal care Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey descriptions deaths/dead bodies Unusual form of death? Yes Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |
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