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Plot Summary of Now You See Her
"Paris Sweeney is an artist who has psychic ability. She sees ghosts, knows all the answers to jeopardy, and traffic lights turn green as she nears them, amoung other gifts. She wakes one morning to discovor she has sleepwalked and painted a murder scene in her sleep. Finds out the person is dead. She is attracted to Richard Worth, a millionaire going through a messy divorce. She refuses to start affair with him until his divorce is final but she needs him to hold her and help her combat the terrible cold she feels after psychic painting part of a potrait of a murder that hasn't happened yet. She hopes she can find out who it is before the person dies. She paints a picture of Richards wife and awakes to find wife already dead and he is the prime suspect. Police also focus on Paris when they are tipped about the painting. "
Deborah Stoops, Resident Scholar


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Review Analysis of Now You See Her
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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%




Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
How difficult to spot villain? - Moderately Challenging
Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999
What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 60%
Kind of investigator - psychic investigator
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Any non-mystery subplot? - art/artifacts
Crime Thriller Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - artist
Age: - 20's-30's
Has special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character: - can see into the future
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - just the right amount
Ethnicity/Race - White/American
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - wealthy
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a little/some
Motive of antagonist - revenge
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
City? Yes
City: - New York

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths? - 3-4
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - actual description of sex
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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