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| Plot Summary of Name Games |
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"Michael Craft's fourth in the Mark Manning series is a page-turner as were the first three. Manning has now settled in his life as editor of the small Dumont Register, a paper in Wisconsin. He and his lover Neil are getting accustomed to being the "parents" of their teenaged ward Thad. Doug Pierce, the town sheriff, comes under suspicion when a visiting collectibles expert is found murdered. It is up to Mark to use his ingenuity and journalistic wits to uncover the murderer and prove the innocence of his friend Doug."
Reginald D. Garrard, Resident Scholar
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| Review Analysis of Name Games |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
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
- suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
How difficult to spot villain?
- Moderately Challenging
Time/era of story:
- 1980's-1999
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- 80%
Murder of certain profession?
- businessmen
Misc. Murder Plotlets
- "All in the family" murder
Kind of investigator
- amateur citizen investigator
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Any non-mystery subplot?
- life in small town
Crime Thriller
Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown)
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- journalist
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity/Race
- White/American
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a lot
Motive of antagonist
- revenge
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Style
Sex
Yes
What kind of sex:
- homosexuals doing their thing
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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