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Plot Summary of Blood Work
"Retired FBI agent Terril McCaleb is recovering from a heart transplant. He believes that the donor was killed in an robbery. The donor's sister approaches him to investigate what really happened to her sister. He learns that her death was anything but random. He picks up on a series of clues that, surprisingly, the LAPD had missed. The more he learns, the more he realizes, that he fits the killer's profile that he has put together. He now not only has to find the true killer, but clear his own name as well."
Maureen Collier, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Blood Work
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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%




Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999
What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - nearly 100%
Special suspect? - investigator him/herself
Misc. Murder Plotlets - Big focus on forensic evidence
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Any non-mystery subplot? - physical disability/illness
Crime Thriller Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - police/lawman
Age: - 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - a little
Ethnicity/Race - Swiss
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - police/lawman
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - California

Style
Person - rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths? - 5-7
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references
Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript
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