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Plot Summary of Quiet Time

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Bantam, Oct 2001, 5.99, 384 pp.
ISBN 0553581740

    In the small suburban town of Gillman, Sari Siegal and Tim Scott are going to be married and both are delighted at the prospect. Sari knows that the Scotts don't like her even as she senses there is something off kilter about them. However, she adheres to the belief that she is marrying the man, not the family. That myth explodes when Peggy Scott is murdered and her husband Warren is charged with the crime. Even though Tim and his sister insist that their father is innocent, Sari has some doubt based on discrepancies in Warren's story.

    She doesn't express those doubts to the police and eventually the charges against Warren are dropped. Sari and Tim marry but a few years later he walks out on her, unable to cope with anything connected to that time in his life. Sari teams up with the former detective in charge of the Scott case in the hope that with a little teamwork, they will bring a murderer to justice.

    This is an atmospheric gothic like work of suspense that imbues the reader with the feeling that something is going to happen very soon. Sari is an easy character to like; vulnerable and hurting yet determined to see that justice is served. The supporting characters are very well developed and play a pivotal role in moving the story line forward. Stephanie Kane is a terrific storyteller who knows how to grab the attention of the audience and keeps it.

Harriet Klausner

Crested sapwood supportable noradrenaline runout.

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Harriet Klausner, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Quiet Time

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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of story - very upbeat
How difficult to spot villain? - Very obvious
Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999
What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 50%
Misc. Murder Plotlets - "All in the family" murder
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - a lawyer creature
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - just the right amount
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: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - mastermind
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount
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: - Midwest

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
How many deaths? - 1
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog

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