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Plot Summary of Vanish
"While inundated with bodies from an accident, Boston Medical Examiner Maura Isles finishes her work and hears something where the bodies are kept. She tries to convince herself it's the refrigerator but it's actually a woman -- alive! Isles calls for an ambulance and they rush the unknown woman into the ER. Things are just as hectic for Detctive Jane Rizzoli. While testifying in court, the pregnant and overdue Rizzoli has her water break and rushes to the hospital to give birth. This is where the stories converge. The woman turns out to be Fierce Olena; a woman bent on getting publicity to bring down the government official who enslaved and murdered her friends. Fierce causes trouble in the hospital causing an evacuation and takes Jane and a bunch of others hostage in the hospital. There is intense negotiation as Rizzoli's husband FBI agent Gabriel Dean tries to find out information and deal with the hostage takers.

Federal agents come in and kill the hostage takers and then all the evidence and bodies leave Boston with them. This doesn't sit right with Jane and she wants to find out the real reason for the federal involvement and while on her maternity leave she investigates and finds out the high level of conspiracy involved."

Bobby Blades, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Vanish
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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10%




Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story: - present (2000-2010)
Spying/Terrorism Thriller Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets: - kidnap/rescue
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Who's the terrorist enemy here? - evil subgroup in own govt
General Crime (including known murderer) Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - police/lawman
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Ethnicity/Race - Italian
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount
Motive of antagonist - revenge
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Setting
The Americas (not US): Yes
The Americas: - Mexico
City? Yes
City: - Boston

Style
Part of a series? Yes
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey references to deaths/dead bodies and torture
How many deaths? - 3-4
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - rape (yeech!)
Unusual forms of death - poisoning
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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