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Plot Summary of Property of Blood
"An Italian police marshal investigates the kidnapping of a fashion designer. The professional kidnappers are Italian organized criminals. However, the family may not be as rich as was supposed. And deeper troubles lie nearer home..."
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Review Analysis of Property of Blood
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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
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: - 1980's-1999
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller Yes
Crime plotlets: - escape/rescue from kidnappers
General Crime (including known murderer) Yes

Main Character
Gender - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
How much violence does he/she use? - none
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - healthy but a geeky weakling

Main Adversary
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - almost none
Motive of antagonist - money/treasure
The antagonists are: - foreign organized crime

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - Italy

Style
Part of a series? Yes
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey references to torture
How many deaths? - 3-4
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - actual description of sex
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