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" Karen Shepard's Don't I Know You? is an obliquely told whodunit mystery that unfolds in three intertwining narratives. The book opens up in 1976 in New York City's Upper West Side. Seven-year-old Steven Engels comes home to find his mother Gina dead on the floor. The stunned boy hides in a closet where he is found by his mother's boyfriend Phil. The Police and Medical Examiner show up at the scene and Steven is whisked away by Detective McGuire and interrogated leaving the impression that Phil was the number one suspect and continuing to be a person of interest over the next year. The story then shifts as a strange woman visits Lily Chin to warn her about her future husband Nikolai Belov. The connection? The woman was a former lover of Nickolai and his secret life might involve Gina. Lily confronts Nikolai about his involvement leaving Lily in a precarious position when Nikolai tells her his story. A Decade later, Louise Carpanetti, the upstairs neighbor of Gina is questioned by the lawyer of Steven's father. Louise has terminal cancer and she thinks her emotionally challenged son had committed the murder. On her deathbed, just a few days before the case would go to court, Louise questions Michael in hopes of gleaming something from his answers. But it was to no avail, she got no concrete answer from him decides she'd rather die then to know the truth. A tremendous character study and mystery wrapped into one.
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Bobby Blades, 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 - 30%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10%
Tone of story
- suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
How difficult to spot villain?
- Moderately Challenging
Time/era of story:
- 1960's-1970's
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- 60%
Kind of investigator
- police procedural, American
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Any non-mystery subplot?
- feelings towards family/friends
Crime Thriller
Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown)
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- a kid
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
How much violence does he/she use?
- none
Ethnicity/Race
- White/American
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- none
Setting
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- very gorey descriptions deaths/dead bodies
How many deaths?
- 2
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--swords/knives
Unusual form of death?
Yes
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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