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Warner, Apr 2002, 24.95, 530 pp.
ISBN: 0446524514
For over five decades the Family Services Center have provided health service to many of Seattle's unwanted or poor. However, someone takes exception to the facility providing abortion services among its medical practices and sets a bomb to destroy “Hill House” as the locals call the place resulting in over two hundred dead or severely injured. The city is shocked to its basic core especially when the bomb experts conclude that the culprit timed this deadly event for maximum destruction and death.
The police arrest Corey Dean Latham as the only immediate suspect with means, motive, and opportunity. The naval officer has never let go that his wife aborted their child without talking with him. Attorney Dana McAuliffe agrees to defend Corey Dean. However, the circus begins when the outsiders (media and extremists from both sides) try to take control of the issue for personal gain disregarding the legal and ethical rights of the dead, the family members, and the accused.
In ACT OF GOD the author shows why the abortion issue is loaded with emotional minefields so that both sides go to extreme measures to make their point, sometimes with tragic consequences. The story line is fast-paced and well written as Susan R. Sloan avoids preaching while furnishing a strong tale. However, Dana's own abortion a few years earlier reduces some of the strength of the story with unnecessary baggage. Still readers who want a potent legal thriller focusing on an fervent yet mangled social issue will want to read Susan R. Sloan's strong novel that the zealots on both sides will hate for providing a complete picture.
Harriet Klausner"
Harriet Klausner, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 60%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10%
Tone of story
- suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story:
- present (2000-2010)
Spying/Terrorism Thriller
Yes
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Legal Thriller
Yes
Legal Plotlets
- finding out whether someone is really guilty
Who's the terrorist enemy here?
- generic terrorists
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?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- mastermind
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a moderate amount
Motive of antagonist
- power
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Pacific NW
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
How many deaths?
- hundreds or more
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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