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Plot Summary of Murder On A Girl's Night Out
"A terrific 'cozy' mystery. Two sisters from Alabama work together to solve crime."
Traci Leanne Bell, Resident Scholar

"First book in series of 8 Southern Sisters murder mystery series. I laughed out loud while reading the series and highly recommend it.. especially to middle aged women. I Recommend reading them in order as she refers to characters/events from previous book, but all stand on their own if not possible. "
Linda M., Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Murder On A Girl's Night Out
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Plot

Composition of Book
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10%




Tone of story - Dry-cynical - very humorous - very upbeat
How difficult to spot villain? - Challenging
Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999
What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 70%
Murder of certain profession? - businessmen
Misc. Murder Plotlets - local police w/ IQ of a houseplant
Kind of investigator - amateur citizen investigator
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Any non-mystery subplot? - life in that culture
Crime Thriller Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - homemaker - retiree
Age: - 60's-90's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - none
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - none - Female
Age: - 60's-90's
Profession/status: - homemaker
Eccentric: Yes - wild
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - throughout most of the book.
Motive of antagonist - kicks
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: - Deep South

Style
Part of a series? Yes
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment - moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths? - 2
Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript
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