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Book Review By BethG
Wild Justice by Phillip Margolin

A series of brutal murders took place in a cabin near Portland, Oregon. The suspected killer gets loose on a technicality based on an illegal search and seizure. Four years later a nearly identical crime is committed, only the original suspect is dead. Who did it? Or was the suspect set up all along, like he claimed? Both suspects are doctors who would have the medical knowledge and skill to produce death by surgical procedure. Lawyer Amanda Jaffe must find out the truth.


Plot & Themes
Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
How difficult to spot villain? - Difficult, but some clues given
Time/era of story:
Misc. Murder Plotlets - solving long-past murder - - Proving innocence of very obvious suspect - Big focus on forensic evidence - Killer purposely leaves clues
What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 80%
Special suspect? - lover
Kind of investigator
descript. of violence and chases - 30 %
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50 %
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 - Female
Profession/status:
Age: - 20's-30's
Ethnicity/Race

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status:
Eccentric: Yes
Motive of antagonist - insanity
The antagonists are: - evil doctors
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Pacific NW
City? Yes
City: -
Misc setting - scientific labs

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Explicit sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references
A lot of techno jargon? Yes
Kind of jargon? - chemistry
Unusual forms of death - decapitated
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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