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"Beth Anderson is on a fun filled boating weekend away with her niece, brother and her niece's friend. They have traveled out to Calliope Key where they have camped and explored before. Before too long they are joined by strangers as well as people from the yacht club where Beth works and Ben is a member. While out exploring the younger girls and Beth find what Beth is convinced is a skull. She hides it when one of the strangers, Keith Henson, arrives. But, when she goes back to show it to her brother later it is gone. Everyone starts to think Beth has imagined things, everyone but Keith who is in the area investigating the death of divers.
Keith offers to help keep Beth safe but she is wondering if he is the one who has taken the skull. When Beth gets back to her job on Monday she starts to ask questions about a couple who had disappeared a few months earlier. Beth is convinced that the skull she found was one of the missing couples. Keith and his partners have also shown up at the Yacht Club, and while Beth is attracted to Keith can't seem to trust him. The more questions Beth asks, the more strange things seem to happen. Beth has someone scare her by leaving a skull on her desk, throwing a dead cat on her porch and knocking out her brother. Was the skull real and if so how did it get to the island? The remainder of the story revolves around solving this mystery.
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Tanya, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
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?
- Moderately Challenging
Time/era of story:
- present (2000-2010)
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- 30%
Kind of investigator
- amateur citizen investigator
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Any non-mystery subplot?
- feelings towards lover
Crime Thriller
Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown)
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- small businessman
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:
- an organization
Profession/status:
- criminal
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Southeast
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths?
- 2
Sex
Yes
What kind of sex:
- descript of kissing
- touching of anatomy
- actual description of sex
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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