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Plot Summary of Simple Justice
"Simple Justice is the first in the Benjamin Justice mystery series. Justice once was a star journalist living the good life. Then he falsified a story, had to return a Pulitzer Prize, and got himself and a good friend fired - and then his lover died of AIDS. Now an alcoholic in retreat from the world, he's sucked back into journalism, the club scene, and everything else he's tried to escape, by a request he cannot refuse. While helping a rising young journalist investigate a murder near a gay bar, he starts his life again. Very strong beginning of this series. (CAVEAT: there is graphic gay sex in this book; avoid it if that's going to ick you out.)"
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Review Analysis of Simple Justice
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Plot
Tone of story - very upbeat
How difficult to spot villain? - Somewhat obvious
Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999
What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 60%
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - unemployed
Age: - 20's-30's
How much violence does he/she use? - a significant amount
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Pacific NW
City? Yes
City: - Los Angeles

Style
Part of a series? Yes
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey descriptions deaths/dead bodies
How many deaths? - 1
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - use of artificial tools - actual description of sex - descript. of male nudity
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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