|
|
| Plot Summary of Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye |
|---|
"
Signet, Dec 2004, 5.99, 307
ISBN 0451213637
In Royal Oak, Michigan, Abby Cooper tries an online dating service since she hasn't had a date in years. She believes that once she proves she is a psychic, men are scared off. Her date with Dutch the policeman goes smoothly but when she tells him that the child who was abducted in the mall is dead and the mother and another close relative are the perpetrators he cuts her off. She doesn't hear from him for a week.
Abby senses she is being followed and it turns out to be Dutch's partner. He and his partner Dutch spent the last week investigating Abby. Another of Abby's client is brutally murdered. She learns her sister supposedly committed suicide shortly before her wedding but Abby's sixth sense says she was murdered.
Harriet Klausner
"
Harriet Klausner, Resident Scholar
|
"Abby Cooper is a psychic whose client's readings get her involved in solving murders and proving that certain people are innocent. She's also in need of a date, so she signs up for an Internet dating service.
She meets a gorgeous guy and sparks fly, except she tells him her profession and he seems edgy. She later finds out Dutch is a cop when he shows up at her door for questioning in a murder.
When she "reads" Allison and then finds out later that she was murdered afew weeks after, the police at first seem to think she's a suspect because they found a cassette tape of the reading with Abby's contact information on it. They don't believe her "special powers" can help them solve the murder."
Karen Monahan, Resident Scholar
|
|
|
| Review Analysis of Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye |
|---|
|
Our unique search engine provides a wealth of detail about books by breaking them down into many different literary elements, all of which are searchable (click here).
|
|
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 - 35%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 15%
Tone of story
- very humorous
- suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
How difficult to spot villain?
- Very difficult--no foreshadowing/clues
- Moderately Challenging
Time/era of story:
- present (2000-2010)
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- 50%
- 70%
Special suspect?
- chronically deranged person
Misc. Murder Plotlets
- solving long-past murder
- Proving innocence of very obvious suspect
Kind of investigator
- psychic investigator
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Any non-mystery subplot?
- feelings towards family/friends
- squabbling with fellow investigator(s)/police boss
Crime Thriller
Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown)
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- small businessman
Age:
- 20's-30's
Has special powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character:
- clairvoyant
- can see into the future
How much violence does he/she use?
- none
- a little
Ethnicity/Race
- White/American
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- unemployed
- mastermind
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
- deluded
- wild
- mentally ill
- emotionally unstable
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a moderate amount
- an average amount
Motive of antagonist
- revenge
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Dumb
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
- quite fatty
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Midwest
City?
Yes
City:
- Boston
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
- rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
- moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths?
- 3-4
Unusual forms of death
- blunt clubbing (like seals)
Unusual form of death?
Yes
Amount of dialog
- significantly more dialog than descript
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
|
|
|
Click here for more information about this book
Note: the views expressed here are only those of the reviewer(s). | |
Use our site!
Feedback
About us
Most recent discussions:
General Book Talk
Book writing discussion
Off-topic message board
.
Jean Sasson
6:45:07 AM
David R. Palmer
4:24:35 AM
Anthony Horowitz
3:50:41 AM
Lurlene McDaniel
3:49:08 AM
Suzanne Weyn
10:53:04 PM
Jean M. Auel
10:13:28 PM
Suzanne Collins
10:04:43 PM
Shannon Holmes
8:05:43 PM
R. Garcia Y Robertson
6:56:32 PM
Marlo Morgan
6:30:00 PM
Robert Segarra
5:12:00 PM
Dennis L. McKiernan
4:47:04 PM
Mary Downing Hahn
4:04:51 PM
Margaret Peterson Haddix
3:40:45 PM
Natasha Friend
3:14:44 PM
Deric Longden
3:02:09 PM
Lori Wick
2:04:58 PM
George W. Bush
1:36:15 PM
Lilian Jackson Braun
12:53:34 PM
James H. Cobb
10:05:36 AM
More message boards
|
