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Book Review By Amy
The Cater Street Hangman by Anne Perry

Inspector Thomas Pitt solves the crime of the Cater Street Hangman whe goes round strangling various lower/middle class girls.


Plot & Themes
Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
How difficult to spot villain? - Moderately Challenging
Time/era of story:
What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 40%
Special suspect? - chronically deranged person
Misc. Murder Plotlets - butler provides unemotional service
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 - 10 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50 %
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 30 %
Crime Thriller Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes
Is Romance a MAJOR (25%+) part of story? Yes

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - 40's-50's
Ethnicity/Race

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Unusual forms of death - impaled
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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