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Plot & ThemesComposition of Book descript. of violence and chases 10%Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives 40%Feelings, relationships, character bio/development 30%How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) 20% Tone of story - Dry-cynical How difficult to spot villain? - Challenging Time/era of story: - 1930's-1950's What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 70% Murder of certain profession? - "All in the family" murder Misc. Murder Plotlets - Killer purposely leaves clues Kind of investigator - amateur citizen investigator Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Any non-mystery subplot? - searching for $$$/treasure Crime Thriller - Yes Murder Mystery (killer unknown) - YesMain CharacterGender - Female Age: - a kid Ethnicity/Race - White/AmericanSettingUnited States - Yes The US: - Midwest Misc setting - fancy mansionWriting StyleAccounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog |
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