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Plot Summary of Tornado Bait
"Trailer park manager Tina Anderson becomes a suspect when her boyfriend's body is found dead in her bead. When it turns out that he was a private investigator, Tina wonders about her ex-husband who sent him, and about whether there is a killer living in her complex.

With her friend Angie, Tina sets traps (that mostly trap herself), tries to bail herself out of prison, and explores the dark side of Dallas Texas.

Available exclusively from BooksForABuck.com, TORNADO BAIT is a full-length mystery novel available for only $1."

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Review Analysis of Tornado Bait
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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 - very humorous
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? - 70%
Special suspect? - investigator him/herself
Misc. Murder Plotlets - character killed during/after sexing - local police w/ IQ of a houseplant - Proving innocence of very obvious suspect
Kind of investigator - amateur citizen investigator
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Any non-mystery subplot? - big city life
Crime Thriller Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - computer programmer
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - a little
Ethnicity/Race - White/American
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - unemployed
Eccentric: Yes - obsessed - emotionally unstable
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount
Motive of antagonist - revenge
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - very athletic

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Texas
City? Yes
City: - Dirty, dangerous (like New York) - dangerous

Style
Part of a series? Yes
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths? - 2
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing - descript. of breasts - descript. of other female areas - descript. of male nudity
Is this an e-book? Yes
Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript
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