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"Sarah Markham, a student, thinks she is adopted, and hires Sunny to figure out who are her real parents Mr. and Mrs. Markahm deny having adopted Sarah, and refuse DNA testing. As Boston P.I, Sunny Randal, looks into the Markhams' background, Sarah is beaten by two men, and is urged to call off the investigation. Sunny receives a phone call from somebody with information about her case. She goes and meets them in the woods (bringing her gun and her friend Spike for protection). After neutralizing the two that had only arranged the appointment to scare Sunny off, Sunny and Spike obtain the name of their client: a New York lawyer, Ike Rosen. She meets him, and in turn he points her to another lawyer, Peter Franklin. She meets Peter Franklin, who represents Lolly Drake, a famous conservative talk-show host. He gets killed soon after. Mr Markham gets killed in Boston after receiving the results of the DNA test (He had finally accepted to be tested). Sunny can link Mr Markham and the New York lawyer to Lolly Drake. Mr Markham slept with Mrs Drake when they worked at a radio station in Moline. Could Lolly Drake be Sarah's mother? Would she commit murder?
Simultaneously, Sunny Randall deals with her ex getting remarried. To solve her issues, she starts seeing a shrink called Susan Silverman, who interestingly is Spenser's girl-friend in the Spenser's series by the same author.
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Lydie Barquet, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%
Tone of story
- very upbeat
Time/era of story:
- present (2000-2010)
Kind of investigator
- amateur citizen investigator
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Any non-mystery subplot?
- searching for missing person
Crime Thriller
Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown)
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- private investigator
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?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 40's-50's
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a little/some
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
Style
Part of a series?
Yes
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths?
- 2
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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