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Bantam, April 2002, 5.99, 336 pp.
ISBN 0553583719
Micky Ascherfeld was only sixteen years old when she saw her parents gunned down in their store. Years later, as an as an adult she still is traumatized by that event. Although she managed to pass the police exam and is part of the Houston Police Department, none of her peers knows that she is still suffering from her ordeal. Only her partner and lover knows and a psychopath kills him before her eyes.
After her injuries heal Micky visits her friend in the small isolated Alaskan town of McRay. It is such a peaceful community that Micky stays, selling the stained glass work she makes so she will have income to support herself. Just as she is gaining recognition in the art world, one of the residents, El Hoskins, a psychopathic serial killer snaps and starts killing the residents one by one, doing unthinkable things to their dead bodies. Micky becomes aware of what he is doing and along with sixteen-year-old Dawn Glorianus, whose mother is the second victim, is determined to survive and stop him.
There is a lot of gratuitous and graphic violence in COLD HEART but if one has the stomach for it, readers will find it an engrossing reading experience. Both Dawn and Micky gain reader empathy for their determination to live despite the killing machine that is after them. El is one of the most terrifying villains since Hannibal Lechter.
Harriet Klausner
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Harriet Klausner, 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 - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 60%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10%
Tone of story
- scarey (primal ax-wielding fear)
Time/era of story:
- present (2000-2010)
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller
Yes
General Crime (including known murderer)
Yes
Who's the criminal enemy here?
- finding a known killer
If story PRIMARILY about main chr. being hunted...
- hunted by killer/stalker
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
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
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- killer
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- an average amount
Motive of antagonist
- insanity
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Alaska
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- very gorey descriptions deaths/dead bodies
How many deaths?
- 8 or more
Amount of dialog
- significantly more descript than dialog
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