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"President Ken MacMann is a war hero, former governor, chronic philanderer and soon-to-be late leader of the free world. After midnight he returns to his White House bedroom and his wife Beth MacMann after his tryst in the Lincoln Bedroom with B-movie actress Babette Van Anka and is involved in an angry confrontation with his spouse. The President is found dead the following morning and all fingers point to the First Lady, as he is found with a bruise and the imprint of an antique spittoon on his forehead.
The FBI, Secret Service, and newly sworn in Vice President-turned-President Harold Farkley all have axes to grind with the now former First Lady and the Attorney General has indicted her for the murder. To beat the charges leveled at her by the Department of Justice Beth MacMann realizes she needs the best lawyer money can buy, so at a whopping $1,000 per hour she hires Boyce “Shameless” Baylor. He is a four-time divorced defense lawyer who just happens to be the ex-fiancee of Beth from their Georgetown Law School days during colege, before she jilted him in favor of Ken MacMann.
With the media stalking their every move, the “Trial of the Millennium” gets underway and Baylor and Beth seem to have swayed the jury in their favor. Beth insists on taking the stand in her own defense, but not before Baylor has proposed to make her Mrs. Baylor number 5."
David Fletcher, 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 - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%
Tone of story
- very humorous
Time/era of story:
- present (2000-2010)
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Legal Thriller
Yes
Legal Plotlets
- finding out whether someone is really guilty
Is Romance a MAJOR (25%+) part of story?
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- accused criminal
Age:
- 40's-50's
How much violence does he/she use?
- none
Ethnicity/Race
- White/American
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- an organization
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Southeast
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
- Los Angeles
- Washington D.C.
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
How many deaths?
- 1
Sex
Yes
What kind of sex:
- use of artificial tools
- actual description of sex
- descript. of breasts
- descript. of other female areas
- descript. of male nudity
Unusual form of death?
Yes
Amount of dialog
- significantly more dialog than descript
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