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Plot Summary of Skin Tight
"Mick Stranahan is a retired cop living in the Florida Keys. Retired early due to injury. He still has his contacts, and is still not quite ever able to stop his interest in law enforcement. One day a man comes to his house and tries to kill him. He manages to get away, but starts thinking about who would be after him. It comes down to an old case that was never solved. The case involved a woman who went to see a plastic surgeon, Rudy Graveline. Dr. Rudy is a crooked schemer, surgeon to the stars. He is reknown across the country for his skills. In actuality as soon as Rudy puts them under, one of his assistants takes over and Rudy never does any work, nor has much actual knowledge of plastic surgery. The girl in question went in, but died on the operating table, due to Rudy's negligence when he tried to perform the surgery himself. Rudy covers up the crime. In order to keep it covered, and his lucrative practice going, he needs to tie up some loose ends. One of them being Mick Stranahan, as the investigating officer, who could ask one too many questions. The other is a nurse who worked for him at the time. Unfortunately the people he hires to kill them aren't too sharp either and the job keeps getting bungled. And meanwhile Mick gathers more clues to be able to pin the original murder on Rudy. "
BethG, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Skin Tight
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Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%




Tone of story - very humorous
Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller Yes
General Crime (including known murderer) Yes
Who's the criminal enemy here? - finding a known killer
If story PRIMARILY about main chr. being hunted... - hunted by killer/stalker

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - police/lawman
Age: - 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - just the right amount
Ethnicity/Race - White/American
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - doctor
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an above average amount
Motive of antagonist - money/treasure
The antagonists are: - evil doctors
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: - Southeast
Ice Caps/Sea? Yes
Where? - Ocean
Island? Yes
Island: - Atlantic Ocean Island

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
How many deaths? - 3-4
A lot of techno jargon? Yes
Kind of jargon? - biology/medical
Unusual forms of death - impaled
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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