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| Plot Summary of Sherlock Holmes in New York: The Adventure of the Dead Rabbits Society |
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"The book begins with a young girl's suicide by leaping off the newly built Brooklyn Bridge. Sherlock Holmes, under the alias of Simon Hawkes (he's on the run from Moriarty's gang) is living in an apartment in 1893's New York City's lower East Side, in a men's club called "The Dead Rabbits Society". Subsequent to the girl's death (which initially seems unrelated to subsequent events) a man named Frank Dunmore, also a member of the "Dead Rabbits" comes to Hawkes (Holmes) and declares that someone is trying to kill him!
Not one but two attempts have been made on his life, first a strangling attempt and then a bullet through his window as he sat reading a book. The small nervous man is scared half to death. Hawks agrees to look into the matter and with that is drawn into a case of cold-blooded murder in which nothing is what it appears to be on the surface. Another attack on Dunmore takes place, he is shot at while at a dinner table with friends! And this time an innocent bystander, a Mrs. Hammand, a staunch fighter for Women's Rights, seated next to Dunmore, is shot to death!
At first the case is deep and dark, the New York police are stymied, and even Hawkes/Holmes, with his amazing powers of deduction, cannot initially fathom the truth but slowly, using his amazing powers of deduction, Hawkes brings the true killer to light. But knowing who the killer is and bringing the killer to justice are two separate things. Will the killer pay for the crimes committed? Very unusual ending for a Holmes novel, but one that is true to the Doyle character. "
, Resident Scholar
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| Review Analysis of Sherlock Holmes in New York: The Adventure of the Dead Rabbits Society |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10%
Tone of story
- suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
How difficult to spot villain?
- Challenging
Time/era of story:
- 19th century
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- 70%
Misc. Murder Plotlets
- local police w/ IQ of a houseplant
- solving long-past murder
Kind of investigator
- skilled citizen investigator
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Any non-mystery subplot?
- big city life
Crime Thriller
Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown)
Yes
General Crime (including known murderer)
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- private investigator
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric/Mental:
Yes
Eccentric:
- eccentric
How much violence does he/she use?
- a little
Ethnicity/Race
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Genius (really!)
Physique
- very athletic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- a lawyer creature
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a moderate amount
Motive of antagonist
- money/treasure
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
Misc setting
- moving train
Style
Part of a series?
Yes
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths?
- 5-7
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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