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Plot Summary of Inside the Nightmare
"It was an oil-rich, wheeler-dealer, easy-money, quick-profits, greed-driven oil-dependent economy, Dallas' glitzy free-wheeling days before the great oil and real estate crashes. It was Texas in the 1980's.
Inside the Nightmare is the suspenseful, action-packed story of Karen, the secretary to the president of one evil, corruption-ruled bank. Her knowledge of the Grady Files, which chronicle the dangerous, illegal, immoral acts committed by the bankers, targets her for murder. Karen's lover, a pilot working undercover for the DEA, and dealing drugs with dangerous, loathsome drug lords, is aware of her precarious situation. Because of his association with the bank's president, who is funding the drug deals and vicious underworld drug criminals, he unknowingly places her in greater danger. Suspense builds as the bank teeters on the brink of collapse and Karen cannot escape the inevitable."
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Review Analysis of Inside the Nightmare
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Plot
Tone of story - scarey (primal ax-wielding fear)
How difficult to spot villain? - Very obvious
Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999
Spying/Terrorism Thriller Yes
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller Yes
General Crime (including known murderer) Yes
Who's the criminal enemy here? - drug dealers

Main Character
Gender - Female
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - none
How sensitive is this character? - soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - 20's-30's
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - throughout most of the book.
Motive of antagonist - power
The antagonists are: - big business leader(s)
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Texas - West - California
Mountains/Cliffs Yes
Mountains: - skiing off
City? Yes
City: - wealthy
Misc setting - resort/hotel

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey references to deaths/dead bodies and torture
How many deaths? - 0 (not a murder mystery)
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - actual description of sex
Is this an e-book? Yes
Amount of dialog - mostly dialog
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