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The Agent: Murder By Accident
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Plot Summary of The Agent: Murder By Accident
"Computer whiz Kevin Wilson has become convinced that he is jinxed and has somehow hexed a series of murders into happening. It is only by the help and intervention of down to earth literary agent Nolly Penderson that Kevin comes to realize that the murderer plaguing Kevin's thoughts is a flesh and blood person and not any hex.

Nolly and Kevin use Kevin's expert computer skills to track the Arlington, Virginia woman they are sure is creating havoc among a group of people who have nothing in common other than a thrown away carton of children's book manuscripts written by a retired Missouri school teacher.

Only quick thinking will save Nolly from the desperate murderer who finally throws caution to the wind and meets Nolly in face to face confrontation.

approx 80,000 words
The Agent: Murder By Accident is the first in the The Agent: Murder series
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m j hollingshead, Resident Scholar


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Review Analysis of The Agent: Murder By Accident
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Plot
How difficult to spot villain? - Difficult, but some clues given
Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999
What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 90%
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
Profession/status: - business executive
Age: - 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - none
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - business executive
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an above average amount
Motive of antagonist - power
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Deep South

Style
Part of a series? Yes
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey descriptions deaths/dead bodies
How many deaths? - 5-7
Unusual forms of death - poisoning - eaten
Is this an e-book? Yes
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript
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Act of Betrayal by Edna Buchanan
Hard Evidence by Barbara D'Amato


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