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Book Review By alison ferrer
Stealing Shadows by Kay Hooper

This Book is About a psychic named Cassie who has helped the police many times in the past but a mix up in a recent case that ends in the death of a child causes her to move to a small town where she hopes to get away from her visions. Soon enough Cassie finds herself in the middle of a murder mystery of a totally different kind because someone with strong powers of their own is stalking women in the small town she lives in and unless she can find out who it is she might be next.


Plot & Themes
Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
How difficult to spot villain? - Very difficult--no foreshadowing/clues
Time/era of story:
What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 80%
Special suspect? - investigator him/herself
Misc. Murder Plotlets - Proving innocence of very obvious suspect - Killer purposely leaves clues
Kind of investigator
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
The crook is.... - stalking/killing innocents
Any non-mystery subplot?
descript. of violence and chases - 20 %
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10 %
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 30 %
Crime Thriller Yes
Is MAIN CHARACTER an EVIL criminal? Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status:
Age: - 20's-30's
Has special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character:

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Has special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist:
Eccentric: Yes
Motive of antagonist - power
The antagonists are: - FBI/CIA
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters

Setting
United States Yes
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey references to deaths/dead bodies and torture
Explicit sex in book? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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