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| Plot Summary of A Beacon Street Mourning |
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"Fremont Jones and her investigative partner/lover/spy, Michael Archer, return to her native city of Boston. Fremont's father is very ill. Fremont suspects that her neglectful stepmother, Augusta, is behind his illness. She arranges for her father to have round the clock nurses to attend to him. He quickly starts to improve, until one night, he suddenly dies of a heart attack. Unknown to her stepmother, Fremont has been left the bulk of her father's estate.
Now it's up to Fremont to convince her father's doctor that he did not die of natural causes. Did an old friend of the family betray Fremont and her father? Did Augusta murder him thinking she would inherit everything? Fremont must find the enemy before they strike again. "
Sarah Bryson, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%
Tone of story
- suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story:
- 1900-1920's
Murder of certain profession?
- "All in the family" murder
Kind of investigator
- amateur citizen investigator
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller
Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown)
Yes
Is Romance a MAJOR (25%+) part of story?
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Main Adversary
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a moderate amount
Motive of antagonist
- money/treasure
Setting
City?
Yes
City:
- wealthy
Style
Part of a series?
Yes
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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