| Gabrielle Lord's “Baby did a bad, bad thing” assembles an amazing cast which includes Gemma Lincoln, the glamorous private investigator, her boyfriend, undercover cop Steve, her fried Angie (a police officer), her sister Kit (a psychotherapist), and her clients: Minkie Montreau the wife of a missing millionaire, Peter Fenster, who believes his wife is cheating on him as well as her friend Shelley, a sex therapist who asks for her assistance with tracking down a killer who targets sex workers. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of story - very upbeat Time/era of story: What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 50% Murder of certain profession? Misc. Murder Plotlets - character killed during/after sexing - local police w/ IQ of a houseplant - Proving innocence of very obvious suspect - Big focus on forensic evidence - Big focus on autopsies 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 - 50 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30 % How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10 % Crime Thriller Yes Crime plotlets: Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes Main Character Gender - Female Profession/status: Age: - 20's-30's Ethnicity/Race Setting City? Yes Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths Explicit sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - vague references Unusual forms of death - asphyxiation Unusual form of death? Yes Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog |
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