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| Plot Summary of Shadow Wars |
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"A killer is leaving the most beautiful blonde women in Miami dead on the beaches. He kills at whim and leaves no clues. He kills to draw forensic psychiatrist Dr. Kathryn Kinmont into his web. She must overcome an intense fear of violence that drove her to solve the unsolvable murder, and catch him before he kills another stunningly beautiful blonde.
A master of mental disguises, he tells a national radio audience night after night that he will kill until she catches him. She grows curious. Could he have clues as to what happened to her parents who disappeared when she was a child? She discovers he is a cousin, at the same time he threatens to push her graduate student assistant and preschool daughter off the roof at a mall. "
Steve Logan, 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 - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%
Tone of story
- suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
How difficult to spot villain?
- Challenging
Time/era of story:
- present (2000-2010)
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- 80%
Special suspect?
- relative
Misc. Murder Plotlets
- Big focus on forensic evidence
- Killer purposely leaves clues
Kind of investigator
- psychiatrist investigator
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Any non-mystery subplot?
- grudge
Crime Thriller
Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown)
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- psychiatrist
Age:
- 20's-30's
How much violence does he/she use?
- none
Ethnicity/Race
- White/American
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- small businessman
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a substantial amount
Motive of antagonist
- revenge
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
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Southeast
City?
Yes
City:
- Miami
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths?
- 8 or more
Sex
Yes
What kind of sex:
- actual description of sex
Unusual form of death?
Yes
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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