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"Deaver introduced his zany heroine Rune to his readers in ‘Manhattan is my Beat'. In this novel, Rune, though still zany seems to have acquired a bit more sense. She is now working for a couple of Australian film-makers, a step up from a video hire store. When she narrowly misses being killed as she is walking past a pornographic movie theatre which is bombed she decides to make a documentary film herself. Then her main contact, porn actress Shelley Lowe, is killed before her eyes in another bombing. Rune gets all steamed up and decides her documentary is going to be about Shelley, as she follows Shelley's career she turns up clues that suggest that the non-existent religious group who claim responsibility for the bombs is in fact a cover for the premeditated murder. By interviewing and sleuthing Rune narrows the suspect list down to three. Shelly's former boss, Danny Straub, is a sadist, had a big row with Shelly shortly before she died and has a very large insurance policy on her life. Arthur Tucker was Shelly's acting coach, Rune discovers that Shelly has written some plays herself and Tucker is passing them off as his own. Suspect number three is a producer who gave Shelly a major part in a play then reneged when he found out about her career in porn, an argument followed and suggestions are made to Rune that Shelly may have tried to blackmail him into hiring her again. Among all this activity there is a romance element for romance blooming between Rune and a police officer in the bomb squad so Deaver as usual gives his readers a full and exciting page-turner."
Penny, Resident Scholar
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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 - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10%
Tone of story
- very upbeat
How difficult to spot villain?
- Difficult, but some clues given
Time/era of story:
- present (2000-2010)
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- 70%
Misc. Murder Plotlets
- Killer purposely leaves clues
Kind of investigator
- amateur citizen investigator
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller
Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown)
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric/Mental:
Yes
Eccentric:
- eccentric
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
How much violence does he/she use?
- a little
Ethnicity/Race
- White/American
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- killer
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths?
- 1
Unusual forms of death
- exploded into bits
Unusual form of death?
Yes
Amount of dialog
- significantly more dialog than descript
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