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Book Review By Tamika Black
Flesh and Blood by Jonathan Kellerman

This girl named Lauren visited a shrink when she a little girl. He tried to help her but couldn't. Some years later, he sees again at a bachelor party. He sees that she is a prositute and tries to talk to her. The next day, she is found dead. Now, Alex Delawar and his cop friend Milo must team together to find out what happened.


Plot & Themes
Tone of story - Dry-cynical
How difficult to spot villain? - Moderately Challenging
Time/era of story:
Misc. Murder Plotlets - "All in the family" murder
What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 80%
Special suspect? - relative
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 - 40 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10 %
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 30 %
Crime Thriller Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - 20's-30's
Ethnicity/Race

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status:
Motive of antagonist - jealousy
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Dumb

Setting
City? Yes
City: - Los Angeles

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey descriptions deaths/dead bodies
Explicit sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - lesbians!
Unusual forms of death - flamed - perforation--bullets
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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