| Horrific rape/murders bring Marino, Scarpetta, and Benson together. This top rate crime fighting team faces limitations after suspecting an inside trader and possible murderer. Unsure of the murderer, but certain of how to draw him out, a brilliant plan to use the media proves more then helpful when the killer takes the bait. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear) How difficult to spot villain? - Difficult, but some clues given Time/era of story: What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 80% Misc. Murder Plotlets - character killed during/after sexing - 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 - 60 % Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 10 % 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: Motive of antagonist - jealousy How sensitive is this character? Intelligence - Average intelligence Setting United States Yes The US: - Mid-Atlantic states Misc setting - scientific labs Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey descriptions deaths/dead bodies Explicit sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - rape (yeech!) A lot of techno jargon? Yes Kind of jargon? - biology/medical Unusual forms of death - asphyxiation - perforation--swords/knives Unusual form of death? Yes Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |
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