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"If you have any lingering fanasies about happy, picturesque Scotland GARNETHILL will put them to rest. Glasgow native Maureen O'Donnell is an incest survivor, a recent mental hospital inmate, has the mother and family from hell, and wakes up from a drunken stupor to find her lover in shreds in her kitchen. Naturally the police suspect Maureen and she must find the real killer. Tremendously well written and involving, the reader roots for Maureen conquer her demons, but suspects she wouldn't be half as interesting were she so-called "normal"."
Linda Sourpuss, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
How difficult to spot villain?
- Challenging
Time/era of story:
- 1980's-1999
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- 40%
Special suspect?
- chronically deranged person
Kind of investigator
- amateur citizen 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:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric/Mental:
Yes
How much violence does he/she use?
- just the right amount
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- doctor
Eccentric:
Yes
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- almost none
Motive of antagonist
- insanity
The antagonists are:
- evil doctors
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
City?
Yes
City:
- Dirty, dangerous (like New York)
- dangerous
Style
Part of a series?
Yes
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
How many deaths?
- 1
Sex
Yes
What kind of sex:
- rape (yeech!)
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--swords/knives
Unusual form of death?
Yes
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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