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"Pilot Airie has suffered psychotic breaks since he was nine years old. These started to occure around the time his seven year old sister, Fiona, disappeared from a party being held at their house. His brother Eric became a brain surgeon and was adored by everyone. When Eric becomes involved with Pilot's therapist, Pilot begins to remember pieces of the past and worry for her safety. He tries to convince her and his mother that Eric killed Fiona, but without proof or even a body no one believes him. As his memories become more clear he is more insistant that Eric did it and had drugged him so he wouldn't rememeber. Eric insists that his brother is schizophrenic and shouldn't be listened to but Pilot's therapist, Katherine Dequincey-Joy, starts to believe him and investigate this crime for herself. Can she find the proof Pilot insists he has before Eric destroys it or will she find that Eric was right all along and ruin a good relationship over the demented babblings of a mental patient?"
Somer Robb, 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 - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50%
Tone of story
- depressing/sad
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?
- 20%
Misc. Murder Plotlets
- solving long-past murder
Kind of investigator
- amateur citizen investigator
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Any non-mystery subplot?
- amnesia
Crime Thriller
Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown)
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- writer
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric/Mental:
Yes
Eccentric:
- mentally ill
- deluded
- emotionally unstable
How much violence does he/she use?
- none
How sensitive is this character?
- soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- doctor
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- throughout most of the book.
Motive of antagonist
- kicks
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Genius
Physique
- very athletic
Setting
United States
Yes
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths?
- 1
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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