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Plot Summary of Wild Justice
"A series of brutal murders took place in a cabin near Portland, Oregon. The suspected killer gets loose on a technicality based on an illegal search and seizure. Four years later a nearly identical crime is committed, only the original suspect is dead. Who did it? Or was the suspect set up all along, like he claimed? Both suspects are doctors who would have the medical knowledge and skill to produce death by surgical procedure. Lawyer Amanda Jaffe must find out the truth."
BethG, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Wild Justice
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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10%




Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
How difficult to spot villain? - Difficult, but some clues given
Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999
What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 80%
Special suspect? - lover
Misc. Murder Plotlets - solving long-past murder - Proving innocence of very obvious suspect - Big focus on forensic evidence - Killer purposely leaves clues
Kind of investigator - skilled citizen investigator
Crime Thriller Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - a lawyer creature
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 - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status: - criminal
Eccentric: Yes - obsessed - emotionally unstable
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount
Motive of antagonist - insanity
The antagonists are: - evil doctors
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Pacific NW
City? Yes
Misc setting - scientific labs

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths? - 8 or more
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references
A lot of techno jargon? Yes
Kind of jargon? - chemistry
Unusual forms of death - decapitated
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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