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"Frank Cauldhame is the Laird of his domain, surrounded by his Sacrifice Poles, which he ritualistically adorns with small-animal body parts, and his ultimate contrivance - The Factory. The Factory is made up of a scrapped clock-tower clock face laid flat, and modified to incorporate trap doors leading to an acid bath, a flame pit, and so on. He describes the killings of his younger brother Paul, his cousin Esmerelda, and another boy, Blythe, as simply a phase he was going through, He also tells of how he attends to the destruction of a local rabbit colony using catapulted steelies, and a flame thrower made up from a plastic squeeze-bottle. His only sign of remorse is for the irrevocable damage caused to his catapult, The Black Destroyer.
And then there's Eric, Frank's older brother; an ex-medical student with a habit of setting animals, mostly dogs, on fire, on his way home to the island, a trail of destruction in his wake. But Frank has been forewarned by The Factory…
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Charles Smyth, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of story
- very upbeat
How difficult to spot villain?
- Very obvious
Time/era of story:
- 1980's-1999
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- 70%
Special suspect?
- relative
Misc. Murder Plotlets
- cooped up in spooky house
- local police w/ IQ of a houseplant
Kind of investigator
- british mystery (I say!)
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller
Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown)
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- unemployed
Age:
- a teen
Eccentric/Mental:
Yes
Eccentric:
- eccentric
- obsessed
How much violence does he/she use?
- a tremendous amount
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
- missing body parts/abilities
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- student
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- an average amount
Motive of antagonist
- power
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- missing body parts/abilities
Setting
Europe
Yes
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- very gorey references to deaths/dead bodies and torture
How many deaths?
- 3-4
A lot of techno jargon?
Yes
Kind of jargon?
- astronomy
Unusual forms of death
- flamed
- drowned
- blunt clubbing (like seals)
Unusual form of death?
Yes
Amount of dialog
- little dialog
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