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Plot Summary of Naked in Death
"In the year 2053, NYPD Lieutenant Eve Dallas seeks a murderer who kills prostitutes with old fashioned weapons: hand guns. The first of three victims is the granddaughter of a prominent politician who's behind-the-scenes dealing makes it difficult for Eve to do her job. Attracted to the lead suspect and dealing with her own history as a victim of sexual assault, Eve must solve the murder before she is thrown off the case.
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Lynne Serpe, Resident Scholar

" Lieutenant Eve Dallas, a ten year veteran homicide detective for New York Police. Her current assignment, Sharan DeBlass's murder. Money and politics come into focus when the reports of her being a professional comapanion and of her family's bluecollar background with a lot of old money and power. And adding to the plot is Sharon being 1 of 6. When the evidence points to Roarke, an Irish Billionaire things being to heat up between them. Torn from him being a suspect and a possible lover.
Eve is wound up between professional duty and lust, murder 2 of 6 is hit. Another professional companion, everything about this one is different, her background is normal, a girl moved from a small city to New York and tries to make something of herself. She lives in a small mediocre apartment without security. And the same scenario as the first, the murder weapon was a gun. In the near future weapons become banned and are only available to private collectors.
The race through the maze that the killer is putting Eve through is putting her mind and heart to the test. With the political pressure on her and her heart falling hard, and her unwillingness to give up. "

Ashley Ray, Resident Scholar


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Review Analysis of Naked in Death
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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10%




Tone of story - Dry-cynical - very upbeat
How difficult to spot villain? - Difficult, but some clues given - Challenging
Time/era of story: - near future
What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 40% - 60%
Special suspect? - lover
Murder of certain profession? - politicians - prostitutes/stripper/porn
Misc. Murder Plotlets - character killed during/after sexing - Killer purposely leaves clues
Kind of investigator - police procedural, American
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Any non-mystery subplot? - feelings towards lover
Crime Thriller Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes
Is Romance a MAJOR (25%+) part of story? Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - police/lawman
Age: - 20's-30's
Eccentric/Mental: Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - just the right amount - a significant amount
Ethnicity/Race - White/American
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings - hard edged
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - politician/elected ruler - business executive
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a little/some - an average amount
Motive of antagonist - power
The antagonists are: - government bureaucracy
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Mid-Atlantic states

Style
Part of a series? Yes
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths - very gorey descriptions deaths/dead bodies
How many deaths? - 3-4
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - actual description of sex - rape (yeech!)
A lot of techno jargon? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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