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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."
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Review Analysis of Milk and Honey
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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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