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Plot Summary of Guilty As Sin
"Assistant County Attorney Ellen North is assigned to an abduction case which finds her in the middle of a media circus. The victim hasn't spoken since his return and her main suspect is a prominent professor."
Nicola McSheffrey, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Guilty As Sin
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Plot
How difficult to spot villain? - Moderately Challenging
Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999
Spying/Terrorism Thriller Yes
What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 50%
Special suspect? - chronically deranged person
Kind of investigator - police procedural, American
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Any non-mystery subplot? - searching for missing person
Legal Thriller Yes
Legal Plotlets - investigating murder of lawyer(s) - finding out whether someone is really guilty
Crime Thriller Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - a lawyer creature
Age: - 20's-30's
How much violence does he/she use? - a little
Ethnicity/Race - White/American
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - scholar
Eccentric: Yes - obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount - an average amount
Motive of antagonist - power - kicks
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - average physique - healthy but a geeky weakling

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee

Style
Part of a series? Yes
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
How many deaths? - 2 - 3-4
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - actual description of sex - descript. of breasts
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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