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Plot Summary of Hot Blooded
"Years ago, one of Dr. Sam's radio listeners killed herself, and Sam has never been able to properly cope with her failure to help the girl. Now, at the approaching anniversary of her death, the girl's killer has returned...and is stalking Sam. Girls keep turning up dead with strange strangulation marks, each one with the radio tuned to Dr. Sam's station. Is it her boss, who was with her in Texas at the time of Annie's death? Or her attractive new neighbor who always manages to be around? And what of her irritated ex-boyfriend? Sam doesn't know who to trust...and she's having problems trusting herself this time around."
Sarrah, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Hot Blooded
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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50%
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)
Misc. Murder Plotlets - cooped up in spooky house - character killed during/after sexing - "All in the family" murder - Killer purposely leaves clues
Kind of investigator - psychiatrist investigator
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Any non-mystery subplot? - feelings towards lover
Crime Thriller Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - psychiatrist
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? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - unemployed
Eccentric: Yes - obsessed - wild - mentally ill - emotionally unstable
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - almost none
Motive of antagonist - insanity
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Deep South
City? Yes
City: - New Orleans

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey descriptions deaths/dead bodies
How many deaths? - 5-7
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - licking - actual description of sex
A lot of techno jargon? Yes
Kind of jargon? - biology/medical
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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