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| Plot Summary of Ninth Square |
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A naked man is found murdered in a sleazy New Haven, Connecticut motel room, it seems and open and shut case of a hooker killing a john, until the guy is revealed to be the head of a ultra right wing religious organization called, and that he in fact planned on killing the girl, who was only defending herself. Of course, the FBI doesn't see things that way. They want the girl for murder. Only Detective William Shute sees through the hypocricy. And after being suspended from the force and the case (for shoving the Mayor), he takes the case on himself, vowing to find the girl and protect her. Wading through the world of internet escorts and made-to-order porn, Shute uncovers secrets that he never wanted to know. Secrets not only about the case, his town, and Yale University...but about his own life.
This synopsis report prepared by William Roberts
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| Chapter Analysis of Ninth Square |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%
Tone of story
- Dry-cynical
How difficult to spot villain?
- Difficult, but some clues given
Time/era of story:
- 2000+ (Present)
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- 80%
Special suspect?
- lover
Murder of certain profession?
- prostitutes/stripper/porn
Misc. Murder Plotlets
- character killed during/after sexing
- "All in the family" murder
- Proving innocence of very obvious suspect
Kind of investigator
- hard boiled/private eye
Religious overtones?
Yes
Any non-mystery subplot?
- feelings towards lover
Crime Thriller
Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown)
Yes
Who's the criminal enemy here?
- evil corporation/rich guy
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
Age:
- 20's-30's
Ethnicity/Race
- White/American
Setting
City?
Yes
City:
- Dirty, dangerous (like New York)
Style
Explicit sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- descript of kissing
- touching of anatomy
- licking
- use of artificial tools
- lesbians!
- actual description of sex
- descript. of breasts
Unusual forms of death
- impaled
Unusual form of death?
Yes
Amount of dialog
- significantly more dialog than descript
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