| Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta faces the biggest challenge of her life and career. Brutal murders have occurred all around Kay and she is being held as a suspect. Captain Pete Marino and Kay's niece fight to prove her innocence and bring to justice the true killer. The discover they have but one place to turn and that is The Last Precinct. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of story - Time/era of story: What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - nearly 100% Special suspect? - chronically deranged person Murder of certain profession? 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 The crook is.... - criminal's rise in a crime organization Crime Thriller Yes Is MAIN CHARACTER an EVIL criminal? 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 - kicks How sensitive is this character? Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters Setting United States Yes The US: - Northeast - Mid-Atlantic states Misc setting - scientific labs Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey descriptions deaths/dead bodies A lot of techno jargon? Yes Kind of jargon? - biology/medical Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |
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