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Plot Summary of Boy Toy
"The fifth book in the Mark Manning series by Craft has our journalist hero trying to solve the murder of one of the stars of a community theater production. The unexpected death of the youth produces a wealth of suspects; chief among them is Manning's own son Thad. It is up to Manning, his lover Neil, friend Sheriff Pierce, and his other associates to crack this crime and put to rest the suspicions surrounding Thad."
Reginald D. Garrard, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Boy Toy
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Plot
Tone of story - Dry-cynical
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? - 80%
Special suspect? - relative
Murder of certain profession? - students/teachers
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - journalist
Age: - 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
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 - average physique

Main Adversary
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - throughout most of the book.
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Style
Part of a series? Yes
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
How many deaths? - 1
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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