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Hard boiled private investigator Mike Hammers stumbles on a murder and suicide while taking a walk on a bridge late at night. The suicidal girl jumps in the river after Hammer murders a man trying to pursue her. As the suicidal girl jumps in the river she leaves only with a green communist card behind. Hammer is left looking for answers of why the girl was being pursued and stumbles on a communist conspiracy to take over the government. Hammer keeps government secrets safe while exposing communists to the authorities.
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Plot & Themes

Composition of Book descript. of violence and chases 30%Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives 20%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?    -   Challenging Time/era of story:    -   1930's-1950's Spying/Terrorism Thriller    -   Yes Cloak & Dagger Plotlets:    -   political blackmail What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot?    -   50% Misc. Murder Plotlets    -   Big focus on forensic evidence    -   Big focus on autopsies Kind of investigator    -   hard boiled/private eye Kid or adult book?    -   Adult or Young Adult Book Crime Thriller    -   Yes Who's the terrorist enemy here?    -   commies! Murder Mystery (killer unknown)    -   Yes Is Romance a MAJOR (25%+) part of story?    -   Yes

Main Character

Gender    -   Male Profession/status:    -   private investigator Age:    -   20's-30's Has special powers?    -   Yes Magical/mental powers of main character:    -   can read emotions Ethnicity/Race    -   White/American

Setting

United States    -   Yes The US:    -   Northeast

Writing Style

Accounts of torture and death?    -   very gorey descriptions deaths/dead bodies Explicit sex in book?    -   Yes What kind of sex:    -   vague references    -   descript of kissing    -   descript. of breasts Amount of dialog    -   significantly more descript than dialog

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