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Plot Summary of The Ritual Bath
"Sarah Libba Adler is raped. Detective Pete Decker searches for clues to the rapist. However, all clues lead to Rina. Was Rina meant to be raped that night? Sarah was wearing a black wig, like Rina's hair, and came home the same time Rina usually walks home. The police find Moshe wandering around the night of the rape and Rina's attack. Moshe is harmless, right? While Rina and Pete search for the rapist and attacker, a romance begins to develop between them. "
Kate Corr, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of The Ritual Bath
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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 - very upbeat
How difficult to spot villain? - Very difficult--no foreshadowing/clues
Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999
What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 60%
Special suspect? - chronically deranged person
Misc. Murder Plotlets - Proving innocence of very obvious suspect
Kind of investigator - hard boiled/private eye
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Religious overtones? Yes
Any non-mystery subplot? - feelings towards lover
Crime Thriller Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - police/lawman
Age: - 40's-50's
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 - bulging muscles

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - a lawyer creature
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - almost none
Motive of antagonist - revenge
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - California
Small town? Yes

Style
Part of a series? Yes
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths? - 1
Unusual forms of death - perforation--swords/knives
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript
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