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St. Martin's, Feb 2003, 7.99, 352 pp.
ISBN: 031298328X
Wealthy inventor Max Holt visits his sister DeeDee and her husband Frankie “the Assassin” Fontana in Beaumont, South Carolina because his sibling asked for his help. Frankie has tossed his hat in the ring to run for mayor. While in town, Max plans to investigate the Beaumont Gazette, in which he is a silent partner. However, in reality he only wants to conduct a hands-on interview of his partner Jamie Swift, fiancee to some local yokel.
Frankie gives a speech about reducing the bureaucracy and to determine what happened to missing tax money. The talk gives Frankie plenty of supporters and a real shot at winning the election. However, he alienates someone because now Frankie and his brother-in-law are targets of a hired assassin with Jamie along claiming she only wants the story.
FULL TILT is a wild way out amateur sleuth investigative tale that hooks readers from the moment Muffin (think of a female Kit from Knight Rider) provides Max a picture of Jamie. The story line is played for fun and in many ways satirizes the Plum books. Max and Jamie chaperoned by Muffin make a delightful duo investigating murder attempts and the return of dizzy DeeDee (see FULL HOUSE) leaves the audience with an uproarious amusing novel.
Harriet Klausner
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Harriet Klausner, Resident Scholar
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"Jamie Swift lives in the small quiet town of Beaumont in South Carolina where she runs the local newspaper that has been in her family for generations. Romance is not an important factor when compared to the newspaper although she is engaged to a man she feels is stable and normal. Her life is quiet and predictable as she struggles to keep the newspaper running and plans her wedding. However, when Max, her mysterious sexy silent partner in the newspaper, turns up, he completely shakes up her quiet, safe life. Max is in town to support his ex-wrestler brother-in-law Frankie in Frankie's campaign for mayor. However, there is opposition to Frankie's political aims. When in Max's arrival is met with violence, Jamie gets sucked into the danger, and faces Max's unwanted romantic attention, her own attraction to him, and two unknown assassins. Jamie and Max try to catch the assassins."
Moonlight, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- thoughtful
Time/era of story
- Present (2000-2010)
- present (2000-2010)
Action/suspense subplot?
Yes
Action:
- chased by/chasing kidnapper/killer
Crime & Police story
Yes
Story of
- being hunted by killer/stalker
If one lover chases another...
- he chases after her
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- business executive
Age:
- 20's-30's
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- wealthy
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
How sexual is this person?
- somewhat promiscuious
How romantic is this person?
- somewhat romantic
Sex has good effect on him
Yes
Sex makes him
- confident
- sensitive
- a better lover
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Genius
Physique
- very athletic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- business executive
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a little/some
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- journalist
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
How romantic is this person?
- very romantic
effect of sexing
- confused
- scared
Sex has bad effect on her
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 2 ()
United States
Yes
Yes
The US:
- California
- Southeast
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Style
Person
- rotating 1st
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Part of a series?
Yes
Focus of story
- equally on him and her
Unusual Style:
- a lot of stream of consciousness
Amount of dialog
- significantly more dialog than descript
How much dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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