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Plot Summary of Jill 9
"    Jill Walker is Vancouver's new weathergirl and she's getting some negative attention. Dead flowers, strange, eerie phone calls and then a bloody nine appears on her door.
    FBI Agent Ian Hamlin is tracking a serial killer who is targeting women named Jill Walker. The killer has already killed four women and after he sees Jill on the TV from his hotel in Tennessee, he is convinced that she is not safe. He takes on his superiors, heads for the west coast and watches over Jill from the front seat of his rented car.
    Jill's new boyfriend seems too good to be true, but since she's still in love with some boy she once saw on the beach twelve years prior, he really doesn't stand a chance. Now, will Ian Hamlin in her life again, she is convinced that he's the same boy she once saw on that beach and her heart is torn between the two men.
    As the killer makes his move and a stalker and deranged ex-girlfriend also take stabs at Jill, can she survive long enough to make her choice between the seemingly Mr. Perfect or the dark brooding man sent to protect her from a ruthless killer?"

Joanne Tynan, Resident Scholar




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Plot

Composition of Book
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%




Tone of story - very upbeat
How difficult to spot villain? - Difficult, but some clues given
Time/era of story: - present (2000-2010)
What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 70%
Special suspect? - chronically deranged person
Misc. Murder Plotlets - solving long-past murder
Kind of investigator - police procedural, American
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
Profession/status: - TV/radio talk show host
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - none
Ethnicity/Race - White/American
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - government investigator
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an above average amount
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Setting
United States Yes
City? Yes

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
How many deaths? - 5-7
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - descript. of breasts
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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