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Plot Summary of Fast Women
"Nell has finally gotten past her divorce and decides to take a job provided for her by her former in-laws at McKenna Investigations. She takes a leap back into the wild life, starts going out, sleeps around a bit, and plays bait for Riley and Gabe while they try to trap would-be adulterers. However, the plot thickens: strange things begin happening to Nell, her best friend's husband begins cheating, Nell begins an affair with her boss, and questions about the deaths surrounding some important local figures pop up..."
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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 - Dry-cynical
How difficult to spot villain? - Challenging
Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999
What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 40%
Special suspect? - relative
Misc. Murder Plotlets - "All in the family" murder
Kind of investigator - amateur citizen investigator
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes
General Crime (including known murderer) Yes
Who's the criminal enemy here? - finding a known killer

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - small businessman
Age: - 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - a little
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status: - a lawyer creature
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an above average amount
Motive of antagonist - revenge
The antagonists are: - big business leader(s)

Setting
United States Yes
Misc setting - fancy mansion

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths? - 3-4
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing
Unusual forms of death - frozen
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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