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Plot Summary of The Tenth Justice
"An excellent legal mystery!!! 4 Stars!!                         "
Nancy Hochman, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of The Tenth Justice
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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%




Tone of story - Dry-cynical
Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Legal Thriller Yes
Legal Plotlets - fighting judge/jury tampering

Main Character
Gender - Male
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? - none
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: - a lawyer creature
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - throughout most of the book.
Motive of antagonist - money/treasure
The antagonists are: - big business leader(s)
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast
City? Yes
City: - Washington D.C.

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths? - 3-4
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing
Unusual forms of death - hanging
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript
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