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Plot Summary of Revenge of the Wrought Iron Flamingos
"Meg Langslow, ornamental blacksmith and her boyfriend, Michael, along with their extended eccentric families are participating in a colonial era craft fair and re-enactment of the Battle of Yorktown. Meg hopes that her booth will be a huge success selling bayonets, buckles and pothooks. She also is delivering a set of modern ornamental lawn flamingos to a client at the fair. When a businessman who is embroiled in a dispute with Meg's brother is murdered with one of those same flamingos, Meg becomes the obvious suspect. Very humorous and light-hearted mystery."
Linda Sourpuss, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Revenge of the Wrought Iron Flamingos
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Plot

Composition of Book
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
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: - 1980's-1999
What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 60%
Murder of certain profession? - businessmen
Misc. Murder Plotlets - Proving innocence of very obvious suspect
Kind of investigator - amateur citizen investigator
Any non-mystery subplot? - feelings towards family/friends
Crime Thriller Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - artist
Age: - 20's-30's
How much violence does he/she use? - none
Ethnicity/Race - White/American
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - journalist
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an average amount
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes

Style
Part of a series? Yes
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
How many deaths? - 1
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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