| Lenny Holcomb, an over-the-hill obituary writer, begins receiving messages while writing obituaries. While writing the obituary of a political fund-raiser for the governor of Pennsylvania, who is also an aspiring presidential candidate, Lenny's journalistic spirit is revitalized by a "message" to investigate fiscal misconduct in the governor's campaign funds.
When the young, beautiful press aide to the governor becomes an apparent suicide, Lenny (aided by clues in his obituary messages) digs deeper and uncovers a conspiracy to promote the governor's political political career--masterminded by an ambitious young political reporter from his own newspaper. With the help of his own journalistic instincts, a dedicated County Coroner, and a sexy young female reporter, Lenny discovers and delivers the truthful story to the readers of his newspaper. But not before two more deaths and almost losing his life to the ambitious young villian. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of story - Dry-cynical Time/era of story: Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Any non-mystery subplot? descript. of violence and chases - 0 % Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 60 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40 % How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 0 % Crime Thriller Yes Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes Main Character Gender - Male Profession/status: Age: - 60's-90's Has special powers? Yes Magical/mental powers of main character: Ethnicity/Race Main Adversary Identity: - Male Age: - 20's-30's Profession/status: Motive of antagonist - power The antagonists are: - evil politicians How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters Setting United States Yes City? Yes Small town? Yes Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death Explicit sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - descript of kissing Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |
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