| Patricia Cornwell utilizes modern day forensic science to solve one of the ninteenth century's greatest mysteries: the identity of notorious Whitechapel serial killer "Jack the Ripper". | ||
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Plot & Themes How difficult to spot villain? - Challenging Time/era of story: What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 90% Special suspect? - chronically deranged person Murder of certain profession? Misc. Murder Plotlets - Proving innocence of very obvious suspect - Big focus on forensic evidence - Big focus on autopsies - Killer purposely leaves clues 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 - 10 % How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20 % Crime Thriller Yes Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes Who's the criminal enemy here? - finding a known killer Main Adversary Identity: - Male Profession/status: Motive of antagonist - power How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters Setting Europe Yes European country: - England/UK City? Yes City: - Dirty, dangerous (like New York) - dangerous - wealthy Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey descriptions deaths/dead bodies Explicit sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - vague references - touching of anatomy - descript. of breasts - descript. of other female areas A lot of techno jargon? Yes Kind of jargon? - biology/medical Amount of dialog - little dialog |
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