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Plot Summary of The Twisted Root
"Newlyweds William Monk & Hester Latterly once again are solving crimes in England's Victorian Era. The reader is given a view not only of crime detection, but disease infested sickrooms. Many twisting plots are unearthed, including missing hospital drugs and blackmail; before the mystery of a beautiful widow abandoning the prospect of a loving marriage and financial security is solved in a crowded London courtroom."
Yvonne, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of The Twisted Root
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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%




Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story: - elizabethan era
Medical Thriller Yes
Medical Plotlets: - cure/disease
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - private investigator
Age: - 20's-30's
Has special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character: - can read emotions - is very quick
Eccentric/Mental: Yes
Eccentric: - eccentric - obsessed
How much violence does he/she use? - a little
Ethnicity/Race - British
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 60's-90's
Profession/status: - killer
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a substantial amount
Motive of antagonist - money/treasure
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK
City? Yes
City: - London
Small town? Yes
Misc setting - fancy mansion

Style
Part of a series? Yes
Person - rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
How many deaths? - 3-4
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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Anne Perry Resident Scholar Profiles

TOP SCHOLAR:
  
Jack Goodstein  

SCHOLARS:
Felicia Jordan  michael watson  Sarah Bryson  Alan J. Bishop  Yvonne  Amy  Lilly  Kathie Dozier  Virginia Brannan  


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