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Plot Summary of Harmful Intent
"Prison-bound and intent on proving his innocence, anesthiologist Dr. Jeffrey Rhodes jumps his $450,000 bail, evades the ever-persistent bounty hunter, Devlin O'Shea to search for clues to rectify his current dire situation. In his quest, he teams up with a former colleague's widow to uncover an unimaginable plot based on greed that is killing innocent people and ruining the lives of innocent doctors."
Sandi, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Harmful Intent
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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%




Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999
Medical Thriller Yes
Medical Plotlets: - bad docs cutting corners
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - doctor
Age: - 20's-30's
How much violence does he/she use? - just the right amount
Ethnicity/Race - White/American
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - healthy but a geeky weakling

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Eccentric: - obsessed - deluded - eccentric - emotionally unstable
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount
Motive of antagonist - kicks
The antagonists are: - lawyer creatures
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - very athletic

Setting
City? Yes
City: - Boston

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths? - 8 or more
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references
A lot of techno jargon? Yes
Kind of jargon? - biology/medical
Unusual forms of death - poisoning
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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