Allreaders.com

Vengeance is Mine Book Summary and Study Guide

Detailed plot synopsis reviews of Vengeance is Mine


Mike Hammer, private eye dectective, wakes up to find himself alone with a murder victim and being accused of the crime. He flees and has to solve the mystery of who set him up. He uncovers a conspiracy against him. The plot has many twists and at first not even Hammer is positive of his innocence.
Click here to see the rest of this review...

The review of this Book prepared by Daniela Lo Presti



Chapter Analysis of Vengeance is Mine

Click on a plot link to find similar books!

Plot & Themes

Composition of Book descript. of violence and chases 30%Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives 30%Feelings, relationships, character bio/development 30%How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) 10% Tone of story    -   Dry-cynical How difficult to spot villain?    -   Difficult, but some clues given Time/era of story:    -   1900-1920's What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot?    -   70% Special suspect?    -   investigator him/herself Misc. Murder Plotlets    -   Proving innocence of very obvious suspect    -   Big focus on forensic evidence Kind of investigator    -   hard boiled/private eye Kid or adult book?    -   Adult or Young Adult Book Crime Thriller    -   Yes Murder Mystery (killer unknown)    -   Yes

Main Character

Gender    -   Male Profession/status:    -   private investigator Age:    -   40's-50's Ethnicity/Race    -   White/American

Setting

United States    -   Yes The US:    -   Northeast

Writing Style

Accounts of torture and death?    -   very gorey references to deaths/dead bodies and torture Explicit sex in book?    -   Yes What kind of sex:    -   vague references    -   descript of kissing    -   touching of anatomy    -   descript. of breasts    -   descript. of other female areas Amount of dialog    -   roughly even amounts of descript and dialog

Books with storylines, themes & endings like Vengeance is Mine

Mickey Spillane Books Note: the views expressed here are only those of the reviewer(s).
2 Ways to Search!
Or



Our Chief Librarian