| Spenser is hired to find out who stole the priceless Godwulf Manuscript from a Boston College. As he investigates a radical student group for the deed, a young girl is framed for the murder of her boyfriend. Spenser thinks the missing manuscript and the murder are connected. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of story - Dry-cynical How difficult to spot villain? - Moderately Challenging Time/era of story: What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 80% Special suspect? - chronically deranged person Misc. Murder Plotlets - Proving innocence of very obvious suspect Kind of investigator 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 - Male Profession/status: Age: - 20's-30's Ethnicity/Race Main Adversary Identity: - Male Age: - 20's-30's Profession/status: Motive of antagonist - money/treasure The antagonists are: - Drug kingpins How sensitive is this character? Intelligence - Average intelligence Setting United States Yes The US: - Northeast City? Yes City: - Boston Misc setting - fancy mansion Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment Explicit sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - vague references Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |
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