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Plot Summary of Ironside
"IRONSIDE has been first published in 1967. One of Robert Dacier's partner has been arrested for murder. Dacier and his colleagues will try to prove him innocent and discover that a serial killer is on the loose in San Francisco, providing his own idea of justice. Crested sapwood supportable noradrenaline runout. " Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar

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Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10%

Tone of story - depressing/sad
How difficult to spot villain? - Very difficult--no foreshadowing/clues
Time/era of story: - 1960's-1970's
What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 70%
Special suspect? - best friend
Misc. Murder Plotlets - Proving innocence of very obvious suspect
Kind of investigator - police procedural, American
The crook is.... - stalking/killing innocents
Crime Thriller Yes
Mostly a criminal POV story 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? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - missing body parts/abilities

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - doctor
Eccentric: Yes - obsessed - mentally ill
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a little/some
Motive of antagonist - insanity
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - California
City? Yes
City: - Dirty, dangerous (like New York) - dangerous
Misc setting - fancy mansion

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey descriptions deaths/dead bodies
How many deaths? - 2
Unusual forms of death - poisoning - run over
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog

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