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Plot Summary of Getting Hers
"Three beautiful women form an alliance and set out to commit coldblooded murder. Tess, the ringleader, is a brainy Madam who was stripped of her lucrative business by an enemy. Tess sets in motion a deadly plan of revenge, murder and mayhem. Tess' two accomplices are Katherine, a beautiful, rich businesswoman and Nikki, a spicy Latina who is an ex-con. When the three women randomly meet in the gynecologist's office and end up being trapped together in an elevator during a blackout, the ladies end up confiding their dirty little secrets. Tess, who is seeking to avenge herself on the individual who caused her profitable prostitution business to be exposed to the feds, discovers that both Nikki and Katherine are both looking for a little payback of their own. It seems that Katherine is having an affair with a female, one that her husband is threatening to expose unless she steps down as CEO of her own company and gives him the top position. Nikki has spent time in jail due to the duplicity of her boyfriend, a man who sent her down the river with no remorse. That's when Tess devises a scandalous plan that will have each woman committing murder on behalf of a member of the threesome. "
Sandra Calhoune, Resident Scholar


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Review Analysis of Getting Hers
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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10%




Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story: - present (2000-2010)
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
The crook is.... - stalking/killing innocents
Crime Thriller Yes
Mostly a criminal POV story Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - business executive
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - just the right amount
Ethnicity/Race - White/American
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - business executive
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a little/some
Motive of antagonist - power
The antagonists are: - big business leader(s)
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast
Misc setting - resort/hotel

Style
Person - rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths? - 3-4
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing - lesbians!
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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