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Book Review By Tracey Ray
Black Notice by Patricia Cornwell

A mysterious autopsy sends Marino and Scarpetta to France putting both in physical danger. Brutal murders, one after another, come earily close to Scarpetta as she closes in on the killer. Sparing nothing, Marino and Scarpetta untangle this sohphistication of bizarre clues and evidence.


Plot & Themes
Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
How difficult to spot villain? - Challenging
Time/era of story:
What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 70%
Special suspect? - chronically deranged person
Murder of certain profession?
Misc. Murder Plotlets - "All in the family" murder - 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 - 30 %
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20 %
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10 %
Crime Thriller Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes

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

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status:
Eccentric: Yes
Motive of antagonist - power
The antagonists are: - foreign organized crime
How sensitive is this character?
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Mid-Atlantic states
Misc setting - resort/hotel

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey references to deaths/dead bodies and torture
Explicit sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - touching of anatomy
A lot of techno jargon? Yes
Kind of jargon? - biology/medical
Unusual forms of death - perforation--bullets - perforation--swords/knives - blunt clubbing (like seals)
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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