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"First off, let me make note...if writing about the adversary, in any way gives clues or hints towards the ending, I shall remain from any such comments, or mislead with the more obvious.
This is a different Dr. Delaware, a younger, less modest fellow. (Thinking all women want to entwine their fingers within his curls!) He's love sick as we begin reading and hurt. (Normally he's so much more upbeat, knowing and positive.) He's starts out on a quest to understand the sudden death of an old romantic interest, but in doing so, becomes a bit more human and more matured, closer to the Delaware we listen to in "Monster", or "Dr. Death". He's so sad and hurt even before losing this old flame, (Cuz his Robin has flown the coup!) but after being overwhelmed with feelings of guilt over this old love...(Yea, can you believe he dissed her, via phone message, even? Then Bang! Suicide! He should feel guilty, lol...after all, she had just come to him for help. Geez, men!!) So...he's lead down a path of old memories, most making little sense, yet it's those thoughts, erotic and powerful that guide him most, and help him to uncover deaths through the ages, that were unnecessary and cruel. Finally bringing him to resolotion. A resolotion so convoluted, that even he is stunned and partly diminshed. "I can't be the man you want me to be right now." We love you, Doc...cuz, you're real, as is the ending. After the trauma and manipulation witnessed throughout his investigation, I would have been devistated to read the ending, any other way! Ode to the author....who knows his profession!! A fast paced challenging read with all sorts of enticements!!
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Lorna J. Miller, Resident Scholar
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"Silent Partner is rather an earlier and a deeper insight of Dr. Delaware's life before he becomes further involved in his work as a police consultant. The betrayal of a former lover and psychological illness are the main plotlines of this book. "
Alexis Taib, 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 - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 60%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10%
Tone of story
- Dry-cynical
How difficult to spot villain?
- Difficult, but some clues given
Time/era of story:
- 1980's-1999
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- 90%
Special suspect?
- lover
Murder of certain profession?
- students/teachers
Misc. Murder Plotlets
- "All in the family" murder
- Proving innocence of very obvious suspect
Kind of investigator
- psychiatrist investigator
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Any non-mystery subplot?
- feelings of fear/loss/inadequacy
Crime Thriller
Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown)
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- doctor
- psychiatrist
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
How much violence does he/she use?
- none
- a significant amount
Ethnicity/Race
- White/American
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
- Genius (really!)
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- none
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- scholar
Eccentric:
Yes
- emotionally unstable
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a little/some
- an average amount
Motive of antagonist
- revenge
- jealousy
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
Style
Part of a series?
Yes
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
- very gorey descriptions deaths/dead bodies
How many deaths?
- 8 or more
Sex
Yes
What kind of sex:
- descript of kissing
- touching of anatomy
- licking
- orgies
- impregnation/reproduction
- actual description of sex
- descript. of breasts
- descript. of other female areas
- descript. of male nudity
A lot of techno jargon?
Yes
Unusual forms of death
- blunt clubbing (like seals)
Unusual form of death?
Yes
Amount of dialog
- mostly dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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