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"An entire family of people are murdered in their sleep, and CD Grimes is called to investigate in his role as state grand jury marshal. He finds the dead are truly despicable. No one in the rural area cares that they are dead.
CD meets a variety of characters, such as the gay man who everyone likes. He certainly has motive - but he was with two bikers at the time, and they verify his alibi. Can they be trusted?
A woman who is a blues singer and her husband had motive - but so does everyone else. The Vietnamese who run the Circle K, the biker chick - but everytime CD asks questions, the subject gets changed.
Pack, a suspect, is attacked and almost killed. Did he know too much about druggies or that family's killer?
A local prostitute was used in some kind of blackmail/badger game scheme by one of that family, and CD investigates to find she is hiding from a gangster in Miami she was married to - then the gangster is hit. CD solves both of those, but gets nowhere on his own case.
This is a little rural town, and these people are open and honest. If they know anything, they will give a non-commital answer to his questions and change the subject."
C. D. Moulton, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Book
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 60%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10%
Tone of story
- very upbeat
Time/era of story:
- 1980's-1999
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Any non-mystery subplot?
- life in small town
Crime Thriller
Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown)
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- private investigator
Age:
- 20's-30's
How much violence does he/she use?
- none
Ethnicity/Race
- White/American
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Main Adversary
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- almost none
Motive of antagonist
- revenge
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
United States
Yes
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
How many deaths?
- 5-7
Sex
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
Amount of dialog
- significantly more dialog than descript
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