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"Psychiatrist detective Mrs. Bradley supervises a mentally disturbed archaeologist's attempts to re-enact the Mysteries of Eleusis. Several attempted murders and Homeric sacrifice occur, before a decapitated head turns up in a box formerly containing snakes."
Nicholas Fuller, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of story
- Dry-cynical
- very upbeat
How difficult to spot villain?
- Challenging
Time/era of story:
- 1930's-1950's
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- 60%
Kind of investigator
- british mystery (I say!)
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller
Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown)
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- scientist
Age:
- long lived adults
Eccentric/Mental:
Yes
Eccentric:
- eccentric
How much violence does he/she use?
- a little
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- scientist
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
- deluded
- eccentric
- mentally ill
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- throughout most of the book.
Motive of antagonist
- insanity
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- bulging muscles
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Greece
Style
Part of a series?
Yes
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
How many deaths?
- 2
Unusual forms of death
- decapitated
Unusual form of death?
Yes
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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