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Bantam, May 2001, 5.99, 322 pp.
ISBN: 0553580094
Several years ago, forensic psychiatrist Lucas Frank closed down his Beacon Street practice because he was weary of profiling mass murderers and other inhuman monsters. He retreated to Lake Albert, Michigan and rejected all efforts to return to his previous work. However, now he will take on the occasional interesting case even reluctantly returning to Boston to do so though hating to leave his haven.
Lucas' best friend Ray Bolton asks him to observe the hearings of Felix Zrbny, who at twenty-nine, wants to be released from the psychiatric facility he was remanded to as a fourteen year old cold blooded killer of three people. Before Lucas arrives, Felix escapes to complete his murderous mission that was interrupted by the police fifteen years ago. Lucas assists the Boston police in their desperate search to keep other innocents from dying.
John Philpin creates a villain that obtains reader empathy as Felix selects his victims from those he believes deserves death for what they allegedly did to him. Lucas is an observer who predicts actions and motives of others without participating in the hunt. However, Lucas admits that he remains in the dark when it comes to understanding Felix. THE MURDER CHANNEL depicts the media as a participant in making the news adding to a drama that leaves the audience shaking their head yet feeling they read a remarkable novel.
Harriet Klausner
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Harriet Klausner, Resident Scholar
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Plot
How difficult to spot villain?
- Story partially from villain's perspective
Time/era of story:
- 1980's-1999
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- 60%
Special suspect?
- chronically deranged person
Kind of investigator
- police procedural, American
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller
Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown)
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- doctor
How much violence does he/she use?
- a little
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- killer
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a lot
Motive of antagonist
- insanity
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
Style
Part of a series?
Yes
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths?
- 5-7
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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