| Two girls are burned beyond recognition, beginning a long investigation into the crack dens of Hollywood, where Decker is searching for the murderer(s). | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of story - very upbeat How difficult to spot villain? - Moderately Challenging Time/era of story: What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 60% Special suspect? - chronically deranged person Murder of certain profession? Misc. Murder Plotlets - character killed during/after sexing - Big focus on forensic evidence 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 - 30 % 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 - Male Profession/status: Age: - 40's-50's Ethnicity/Race Main Adversary Identity: - an organization Age: - 40's-50's Eccentric: Yes Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters 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: - descript of kissing - descript. of other female areas Unusual forms of death - flamed - perforation--bullets - perforation--swords/knives Unusual form of death? Yes Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript |
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