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Plot Summary of Fatal Tide
"Melis Nemid is a marine biologist who lives alone on a island
with her dolphins, Pete, and Suzy. When Melis' adopted father, Phil, contacts her with a frantic message, she goes to him, only to witness his violent death. Melis knows why Phil died: he knew the location of a mythical sunken island filled with treasure, and someone else wants to know its location, and Phil refused to tell anyone. Melis reluctantly joins forces with Kelby, a young billionaire, to find the killer who has made Melis his next target, believing that she knows the location of the treasure. They soon learn that the person they are dealing with is ruthless. He know secrets from Melis' past and he plays on her worst fears, trying to find the location of the treasure. Kelby and Melis realize that they have to find this killer and before he finds them and uses the tresure for his evil purposes."

fran laniado, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Fatal Tide
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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%




Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story: - present (2000-2010)
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller Yes
Crime plotlets: - search for valuable art/artifacts
General Crime (including known murderer) Yes
Who's the criminal enemy here? - finding a known killer
If story PRIMARILY about main chr. being hunted... - hunted by killer/stalker
Is Romance a MAJOR (25%+) part of story? Yes

Main Character
Profession/status: - scientist
Age: - 20's-30's
How much violence does he/she use? - just the right amount
Ethnicity/Race - White/American
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 60's-90's
Profession/status: - thief/con artist
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a substantial amount
Motive of antagonist - money/treasure
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters

Setting
Island? Yes
Island: - Caribbean Island - Atlantic Ocean Island

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey descriptions deaths/dead bodies
How many deaths? - 3-4
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - touching of anatomy - orgies - rape (yeech!)
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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