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Little, Brown, 2004, 25.95, 405 pp.
ISBN: 0316155306
Cherie Dei calls from Quantico with the chilling words “He's resurfaced. He's back”. FBI Agent Rachel Walling dreaded that one day she would hear sentences similar to this, but prayed he did not return. Alas her prayers went unanswered as the dreaded serial killer The Poet has announced his return with a package containing a global position system reader that precisely pinpoints the dead.
Graciela McCaleb asks family friend former LAPD detective Harry Bosch to investigate the recent death of her spouse Terry whose transplanted heart apparently failed him. However, a blood reading failed to show traces of Prograf and CellCept, medicines needed to keep his heart safe though several witnesses swear they saw him take his capsules. Harry knows that he has ties to Terry from his LAPD days so he agrees to investigate. As Harry and Rachel conduct their inquiries separately, they interconnect with the Poet, perhaps the deadliest cleverest killer of them all.
Harry Bosch is at his best in this thriller as he balances fatherhood, love and a debt to a deceased friend while trying to outwit (and stay alive) a brilliant killing machine. Rachel provides an intriguing counterpoint as she is considered a renegade by the brass (typical in novels that a key Fed is an outsider rather than a bureaucrat), but their only hope to stop the Poet.
Harriet Klausner"
Harriet Klausner, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10%
Tone of story
- suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story:
- present (2000-2010)
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller
Yes
General Crime (including known murderer)
Yes
If story PRIMARILY about main chr. being hunted...
- hunted by killer/stalker
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- private investigator
Age:
- 20's-30's
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
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- killer
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a moderate amount
Motive of antagonist
- insanity
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
How many deaths?
- 5-7
Amount of dialog
- significantly more dialog than descript
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