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Plot Summary of Psycho Psychic
"Lily is always leading Kate on a crusade of one sort or another. This time, it's a reading with the infamous Princess Eva, a renown psychic. When Eva takes an interest in Lily, they are invited to a private reading, and that is where things get interesting.

When the guests of the party start showing up dead, all fingers point back to the party and the mystical Eva and her dark manager Montana. Matt, in his role as detective sets out to interview the remaining guests and discovers Kate and Lily are schoolmates. He urges Lily to book Eva for a private party in her family home, then shows up as Kate's date, against her druthers. Kate is still holding a grudge against him for an embarassing teenage incident.

As the case unravels and another guest dies under mysterious circumstances, Kate and Matt resolve their issues. Meanwhile Montana is romancing Lily.

Kate is convinced Eva and Montana are con artists and fights to keep Lily out of their grasp, but to no avail. When Lily demands Kate and Matt leave, to protect her new friends, Eva and Montana, Kate is for sure Lily will be their next victim. In an act of heorism, Kate returns to save her friend in a daring plot that includes secret passage ways, a clifts edge, and an impossible rescue attempt."

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Review Analysis of Psycho Psychic
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Plot

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




Tone of story - Dry-cynical
How difficult to spot villain? - Somewhat obvious
Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999
What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 70%
Special suspect? - chronically deranged person
Misc. Murder Plotlets - local police w/ IQ of a houseplant - Proving innocence of very obvious suspect
Kind of investigator - amateur citizen investigator
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Any non-mystery subplot? - feelings towards family/friends
Crime Thriller Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes

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? - a little
Ethnicity/Race - White/American
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - 20's-30's
Has special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - can see into the future
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a substantial amount
Motive of antagonist - insanity
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast
Misc setting - fancy mansion

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths? - 3-4
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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