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"The latest installment of the Regan Reilly Mystery series has Regan finally marrying her boyfriend, New York City Police Department Captian Jack Reilly. in preperation for her special day she goes to pick up her wedding dress from Alfred and Charisse's Coutures in Little Italy. While there she finds the husband-and-wife designers bound and gagged. They were robbed of twenty thousand dollars in cash and several wedding gowns. The only clue left behind is a blood stained dress torn to shreds. At the same time jack is trying to solve a case involving a bank robber who only steals on rainy days. Regans case makes the news and the thieves decide to try and sell the gowns in las Vegas. The break in the case comes when Jack gets a clue (surveilance video which shows one of the thieves walks with a limp) thus giving Regan a lead in hers. Regan soon puts it all together and they head out to Las Vegas to get the crooks."
Bobby Blades, Resident Scholar

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Plot

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




Tone of story - very upbeat
Time/era of story: - present (2000-2010)
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller Yes
Crime plotlets: - search for gems/treasure/money
General Crime (including known murderer) Yes
Who's the criminal enemy here? - catching thief

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - police/lawman
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - none
Ethnicity/Race - White/American
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - thief/con artist
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount
Motive of antagonist - kicks

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast
City? Yes
City: - New York
Misc setting - resort/hotel

Style
Part of a series? Yes
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
How many deaths? - 0 (not a murder mystery)
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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