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Plot Summary of Pony Girls
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Forge, May 2004, 24.95, 268 pp.
ISBN: 0765306166

Thirty-six sperm whales died on an isolated Oregon beach. Two months later, sixteen European jumping horses followed by twenty-two Spanish Mustangs are murdered in various atrocities. A group forms called the Ad Hoc Committee to Save the Spanish Mustang. They hire Portland, Oregon based private investigating partners John Denson, Annie Dancer, and Willie Sees the Night to learn who and why the horses are being slaughtered.

The trio goes down their own paths trying to solve the mystery. Former reporter John seeks logical links even tying the dead horses back to the whale tragedy; ex-FBI agent Annie uses her information technology skills and links to look for serial killer patterns. Willie uses hallucinatory drugs to walk the ethereal path of the souls of the horses in their afterlife. As the threesome converges, evidence points towards the family of TV journalist Erika von Bayer, but which member and his or her motive remain unknown.

Harriet Klausner
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Harriet Klausner, Resident Scholar



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Plot
Tone of book? - thoughtful
Time/era of story - present (2000-2010)
Animal story Yes
Kind of animal: - horse - whale/dolphin/flipper
Crime & Police story Yes
Story of - catching a killer
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - private investigator
Age: - 20's-30's
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 3 ()
United States Yes
The US: - Pacific NW

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Unusual Style: - a lot of stream of consciousness - No single main character?
Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript
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