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Plot Summary of Uniform Justice
"Brunetti investigates a death at a military school that appears to be a suicide. As usual the book is set in Venice, which is nicely exotic for me."
Olwen, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Uniform Justice
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Plot

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




Tone of story - depressing/sad
Time/era of story: - present (2000-2010)
What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 50%
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes
General Crime (including known murderer) Yes

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - government investigator
Age: - 40's-50's
How much violence does he/she use? - none
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - throughout most of the book.

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - Italy
City? Yes

Style
Part of a series? Yes
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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