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Book Review By fran laniado
Sis Boom Bah by Jane Heller

Deboroh and her sister Sharon have never gotten along. When Deborah moves to Sharons hometown in Florida to be near their ailing mother, the girls immediatly start fighting. The situation worsens when they both fall for the same man, their mother's doctor. When the doctor turns up dead, the two sisters wind up as each others alibi. Now as they are both being framed for the murder, they decide that they have to work together to investigate the crime and perhaps to same their lives.


Plot & Themes
Tone of story - very humorous
How difficult to spot villain? - Moderately Challenging
Time/era of story:
What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 40%
Murder of certain profession?
Kind of investigator
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Any non-mystery subplot?
descript. of violence and chases - 20 %
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30 %
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10 %
Crime Thriller Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes
Is Romance a MAJOR (25%+) part of story? Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status:
Age: - 40's-50's
Ethnicity/Race

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Explicit sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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