| Jane is a widowed housewife. In this book, a movie company uses the field behind Jane's and her neighbor's houses to shoot on location. The main prop man, Jake, is killed (stabbed), then the movie's female lead, Lynette Harwell is killed, though Lynette's death is made to look like suicide. Mel, the detective and Jane's new boyfriend, tries to unravel the murders, but he seems to come across a lot of dead ends on his own. Jane and Shelley, Jane's next-door neighbor, snoop around the set and find out who killed Jake and Lynette, and they set up a trap to catch the killer at the movie's wrap party, with Mel in the background. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of story - very humorous How difficult to spot villain? - Challenging Time/era of story: What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 90% Murder of certain profession? Misc. Murder Plotlets - "All in the family" murder Kind of investigator Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book descript. of violence and chases - 20 % Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20 % How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10 % Crime Thriller Yes Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes Main Character Gender - Female Profession/status: Age: - 40's-50's Ethnicity/Race Main Adversary Identity: - Female Age: - 60's-90's Profession/status: Motive of antagonist - insanity How sensitive is this character? Intelligence - Average intelligence Setting United States Yes The US: - Midwest City? Yes City: - Chicago 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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