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Plot Summary of Easy Prey
"A beautiful and popular model is murdered. Another dead woman is found stuffed into a closet, and Davenport is on the case! With each new murder the case becomes more confusing, and Davenport must race to find the killer or killers, before more people are murdered. An old girlfriend comes back into his life, wanting more than friendship,he becomes involved with a beautiful woman he is trying to protect,and finds that it may possible to start seeing Weather again. This was not one of my favorite PREY books. I found it less interesting to read than many of the others,and less captivating."
Caroline Thompson, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Easy Prey
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Plot
Tone of story - Dry-cynical
How difficult to spot villain? - Very difficult--no foreshadowing/clues
Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999
What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - nearly 100%
Special suspect? - chronically deranged person
Murder of certain profession? - criminals
Misc. Murder Plotlets - character killed during/after sexing
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: - police/lawman
Age: - 40's-50's
How much violence does he/she use? - just the right amount
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - business executive
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an average amount
Motive of antagonist - money/treasure
The antagonists are: - big business leader(s)
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Midwest
City? Yes

Style
Part of a series? Yes
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey descriptions deaths/dead bodies
How many deaths? - 5-7
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - touching of anatomy - licking - lesbians! - actual description of sex
Unusual forms of death - asphyxiation - dropped from large heights
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - mostly dialog
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