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"At age twenty-seven, former kidnapping victim Palmer Reed has settled comfortably into her life in suburban Knoxville, Tennessee. That is, until she is recruited onto the board of Tennessee's prestigious Diamond Foundation, an organization dedicated to helping the victims of crime. Reuniting with the board's chairman, a woman known as "The Vindicator" who helped rescue Palmer twenty years ago from the hands of their mutual enemy, Palmer is cast into the Foundation's society of country clubs, elite galas, and fundraisers. She and the chairman grow close, and the chairman becomes her mentor, teaching her the finer points of running a successful non-profit. During this time Palmer also runs into her old flame, a detective on the Knoxville P.D., who has always been suspicious of "The Vindicator's" activities.
Being a former victim - and survivor - the Foundation's cause to help the victims of crime is close to Palmer's heart. But when Palmer learns the Foundation's secret method for raising money is something sinister - the blackmail of criminals escaping more conventional methods of justice - and worse, discovers the chairman's, now her mentor's, plan to take justice to a whole new level, she has to decide - is a charitable cause worth killing for?
In her secret investigation, Palmer discovers that several criminals who have escaped the justice system on technicalities are now dead, all at the hands of convenient accidents. She knows her mentor is having them killed, but can't go to the police when the mentor sets her up for the murder of another Diamond Foundation director, also the protagonist's best friend. Now Palmer has to prove to her old flame she's not a killer, all the while proving that her mentor is.
This pits Palmer against her mentor, her mentor's hitman, and her prior enemy, the man who was responsible for her kidnapping twenty years prior. In her qwest to prove her innocence, and her new lover's innocence, she solves a twenty year old unsolved murder and cleverly outwits her mentor at her own game. "
Lori Lacefield, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%
Tone of story
- suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story:
- present (2000-2010)
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller
Yes
Crime plotlets:
- vigilante getting revenge
General Crime (including known murderer)
Yes
Who's the criminal enemy here?
- hunted by BAD vigilante getting revenge
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- business executive
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
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- wealthy
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a substantial amount
Motive of antagonist
- revenge
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Southeast
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Unusual form of death?
Yes
Amount of dialog
- significantly more dialog than descript
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