| After a hurricane sweeps up the Gulf Coast of Florida, private investigator Louis Kincaid finds an infant's skull on the beach, and a day later a young woman's body, felled by two shots in the back, turns up on a nearby island. Louis Kincaid is hired by a woman who fears her father may be involved in some way. At first, the man appears to be just what he is...a mild librarian who leads a quiet life. Asked to assist in the police investigation in an unofficial manner, Louis turns up information about other missing women, and realizes that the woman knows more than she is telling him about her father. | ||
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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? - 90% Special suspect? - relative Murder of certain profession? Misc. Murder Plotlets - Proving innocence of very obvious suspect Kind of investigator Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book descript. of violence and chases - 10 % Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 70 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10 % How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10 % Crime Thriller Yes Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes Main Character Gender - Male Profession/status: Age: - long lived adults Ethnicity/Race Main Adversary Identity: - Male Motive of antagonist - insanity How sensitive is this character? Setting United States Yes Forest? Yes Island? Yes Island: - Atlantic Ocean Island Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |
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