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Book Review By Meredith Howle
Dark Paradise by Tami Hoag

Main Character leaves her home to visit a friend in Montana. When she gets there she finds her friend's home trashed and her friend has been murdered. She sets out to find out who killed her friend and why.


Plot & Themes
Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
How difficult to spot villain? - Difficult, but some clues given
Time/era of story:
What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 70%
Special suspect? - chronically deranged person
Kind of investigator
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Any non-mystery subplot?
descript. of violence and chases - 50 %
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 0 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40 %
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10 %
Crime Thriller Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Age: - 20's-30's
Ethnicity/Race

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status:
Motive of antagonist - power
The antagonists are: - evil politicians
How sensitive is this character?
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Setting
Farm/Ranch? Yes
Farm/Ranch: - ranch - lots of descript of animal care

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey references to torture
Explicit sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - actual description of sex - descript. of breasts
Amount of dialog - little dialog
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