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Plot Summary of Savannah Blues
"Weezie Foley, an antiques "picker" accidentally stumbles across the body of her ex-husband's new fiancee one night while taking a sneak peak at the goods to be sold in an estate sale. Weezie immediately becomes the main suspect, her gay uncle James--who's having an affair with a man from the DA's office--becomes her attorney, and her colorful best friend BeBe and long-ago boyfriend Daniel jump in to help her out, while her ex-husband does his best to weasel his way back into her life."
Sarrah, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Savannah Blues
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Composition of Book
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 60%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%




Tone of story - very humorous
How difficult to spot villain? - Very difficult--no foreshadowing/clues
Time/era of story: - present (2000-2010)
What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 70%
Special suspect? - investigator him/herself
Misc. Murder Plotlets - Proving innocence of very obvious suspect
Kind of investigator - amateur citizen investigator
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Any non-mystery subplot? - searching for $$$/treasure
Crime Thriller Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - small businessman
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - none
Ethnicity/Race - White/American
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: - Female
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - homemaker
Eccentric: Yes - obsessed - emotionally unstable
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - almost none
Motive of antagonist - revenge
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Deep South
Water? Yes
Water: - swimming on
City? Yes
City: - wealthy
Misc setting - fancy mansion

Style
Person - rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths? - 1
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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