| Alex Delaware, by his friendship with Milo, the homicide detective, is drawn into exploring and finding a serial murderer who is killing creative artists who are about to make a comeback. A sub-plot is Alex's breakup with Robin and his beginnings of a relationship with Allison, another psychiatrist we met in an earlier book.
I actually found this book more interesting than the last few Kellerman "Alex Delaware" series. Breaking up with the ever present but not very interesting Robin, and introducing Petra, Eric, and Allison to the storyline has enriched the dialogue, the personalities, and they all work very well together. | ||
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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? - 70% Special suspect? - chronically deranged person Murder of certain profession? Misc. Murder Plotlets - Big focus on forensic evidence 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 - 50 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20 % How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 0 % Crime Thriller Yes Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes Main Character Gender - Male Profession/status: Main Adversary Identity: - Male Age: - 40's-50's Profession/status: Motive of antagonist - jealousy How sensitive is this character? Intelligence - Average intelligence Setting United States Yes The US: - West City? Yes City: - Los Angeles Writing Style Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript |
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