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Plot Summary of From Potters Field
"Temple Brookes Gault, Kay Scarpetta's nemesis, is back, and his new victim is a young woman found nude and shot in Central Park. Soon, Kay finds herself caught in his games of death and deception, and as time runs out, Scarpetta is drawn into a battle that he sets up, in order to stop the madman."
Christopher White, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of From Potters Field
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Plot

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




Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller Yes
General Crime (including known murderer) Yes
Who's the criminal enemy here? - finding a known killer

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - doctor
Age: - 20's-30's
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 - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - criminal
Eccentric: Yes - obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - almost none
Motive of antagonist - kicks
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Genius
Physique - very athletic

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths? - 3-4
A lot of techno jargon? Yes
Kind of jargon? - biology/medical
Unusual forms of death - flamed - perforation--bullets
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript
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