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Plot Summary of Obsession
"Madison Castelli is a beautiful New York journalist who has arrived in L.A. to interview the legendary Hollywood agent, Freddie Leon. Madison is a gutsy and focused young woman, one who uses her integrity and instincts when running a story down. Madison is staying in L.A. with her best friend, Natalie DeBarge, an African American anchorwoman who has a keen interest in all the Hollywood goings on. On the flight to L.A. Madison made the acquaintance of gorgeous actress Salli T. Turner, a bubble headed blonde with a heart of gold. Madison has decided that while she is in L.A. she'll do a sit down interview with Salli regarding her experiences in Hollywood. Several hours after the interview Madison is informed that Salli has been murdered in a grisly fashion. While Natalie races to the news set to report on Salli's death, Madison heads to Salli's house to speak with the officer in charge of the murder investigation. Madison feels that her interview with Salli may have some link to her death. Meanwhile, Freddie Leon has called out his partner Max Steele during a dinner party at his house. Freddie has been informed that Max,his partner in I.A.A. talent agency, is planning to take another job and sell his shares of the company to the highest bidder. Freddie confronts Max and the two have an explosive argument, during which Freddie's wife, Faye, sides with Max, who she is secretly in love with. Freddie vows that to ruin Max before he sees him leave the agency. Kristin Carr, the beautiful high class call girl, has met and fallen for photographer Jake Sica. Jake is unaware of Kristin's deadly double life. Although she hates prostituting herself, Kristin is determined to make enough money to care for her comatose sister. Although Kristin despises her encounters with the mysterious and kinky Mr. X, he pays well and is one of her best customers. As Kristen's encounters with Mr. X become more bizarre and frightening, Kristen tries to break ties with Mr. X. Kristen fears that her budding relationship with Jake will be severed when he realizes the awful truth. And no one is safe as a dangerous killer lurks in the shadows."
Sandra Calhoune, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Obsession
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Plot
Tone of book? - thoughtful
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Romance/Romance Problems Yes
Life of a profession: - agent (sports/celebrity)
Crime & Police story Yes
Story of - catching a killer
Kind of sex: - really kinky sex!!!!
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Job/Profession/Status story Yes
Taboo sex story? Yes
Lover is - a prostitute (practice makes perfect!)

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - writer
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 5 ()
United States Yes
The US: - California
City? Yes
City: - Los Angeles
Misc setting - fancy mansion

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - very explicit references to deaths and torture
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing - actual description of hetero sex - descript. of female anat. (the big B's) - descript. of female anat. (the big V) - descript. of nude males (the big P)
Unusual Style: - No single main character?
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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