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Plot Summary of Artists in Crime
"Chief Detective Inspector Alleyn is called in to investigate the death of artist's model Sonia Gluck, inadvertently impaled on a dagger while posing for a group of student artists. A complication is that the organizer is Agatha Troy who Alleyn recently met and is attracted to. Alleyn and his faithful collegue "Brer" Fox must look into the lives of the victim and the artists in order to solve this brutal murder of a beautiful but amoral woman.
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Alan J. Bishop, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Artists in Crime
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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%




Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
How difficult to spot villain? - Difficult, but some clues given
Time/era of story: - 1930's-1950's
What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 90%
Murder of certain profession? - artists
Kind of investigator - british mystery (I say!)
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Any non-mystery subplot? - art/artifacts
Crime Thriller Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - police/lawman
Age: - 20's-30's
How much violence does he/she use? - none
Ethnicity/Race - British
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - none

Setting
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee

Style
Part of a series? Yes
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths? - 2
Unusual forms of death - impaled
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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