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| Plot Summary of Milk and Honey |
"Pete Decker, an investigator, has a case to solve involving a quadruple murder. His partner and he find all four bodies. The suspects are all familly members of the murdered. Finalley, a confession is made by Pappy Darcy telling the whole story of how his son was murdered by his daughter-in-law, his wife killed his daughter-in-law and accidentally his daughter, and his other son murdered her friend."
, Resident Scholar
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| Review Analysis of Milk and Honey |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
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?
- 60%
Special suspect?
- chronically deranged person
Misc. Murder Plotlets
- "All in the family" murder
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
The crook is....
- criminal's rise in a crime organization
Any non-mystery subplot?
- feelings towards lover
Crime Thriller
Yes
Mostly a criminal POV story
Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown)
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- private investigator
Age:
- 40's-50's
How much violence does he/she use?
- a little
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- bulging muscles
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- farmer
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- an above average amount
Motive of antagonist
- jealousy
The antagonists are:
- rednecks
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- healthy but a geeky weakling
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- very gorey descriptions deaths/dead bodies
How many deaths?
- 3-4
Sex
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
- exploded into bits
Unusual form of death?
Yes
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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