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Nick and Amy seem like an ideal married couple. Amy is the quintessential perfect woman, beautiful, smart, and from an upstanding family. Nick, is a ruggedly charming ex-writer. Both are in love but things unravel when they become unemployed and leave New York City to move back to Nick's hometown in the mid-west. Nick owns a bar with his sister and Amy becomes a housewife. Soon, the resentment and bitterness creep up on them. Tempers flare. Fights pervade their house. Until one day Amy mysteriously disappears. As the search for Amy mounts, all suspicion is directed towards Nick. Nick struggles to clear his name.
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The review of this Book prepared by Tina Medina a Level 30 Banded Kingfisher scholar

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Plot & Themes

Composition of Book descript. of violence and chases 10%Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives 30%Feelings, relationships, character bio/development 50%How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) 10% Tone of story    -   Dry-cynical Time/era of story:    -   2000+ (Present) Kid or adult book?    -   Adult or Young Adult Book Crime Thriller    -   Yes General Crime (including known murderer)    -   Yes Who's the criminal enemy here?    -   crazed lover/family member Is Romance a MAJOR (25%+) part of story?    -   Yes

Main Character

Gender    -   Female Profession/status:    -   homemaker Age:    -   20's-30's Ethnicity/Race    -   White/American Unusual characteristics:    -   Mentally ill

Setting

United States    -   Yes The US:    -   Midwest Small town?    -   Yes

Writing Style

Accounts of torture and death?    -   generic/vague references to death/punishment Explicit sex in book?    -   Yes What kind of sex:    -   descript of kissing    -   touching of anatomy    -   licking    -   actual description of sex    -   descript. of breasts    -   descript. of other female areas Amount of dialog    -   significantly more descript than dialog

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