Corrupt policeman Bruce Robertson is in line for promotion and plays off all his friends and colleagues against each other to help achive his aim. Unfortunately, his past catches up with him. The murder he is supposed to be solving leads to his downfall. | ||
Plot & Themes Tone of story - Dry-cynical How difficult to spot villain? - Story partially from villain's perspective Time/era of story: What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 30% Special suspect? - investigator him/herself Kind of investigator Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Any non-mystery subplot? descript. of violence and chases - 10 % Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 10 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40 % How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 40 % Crime Thriller Yes Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes Main Character Gender - Male Profession/status: Ethnicity/Race Setting Europe Yes European country: - England/UK Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey descriptions deaths/dead bodies Explicit sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - use of artificial tools - actual description of sex - descript. of breasts - descript. of other female areas Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog |