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Plot Summary of No Witnesses
"The book revolves around the lacing of a virus into tinned food. Seattle PD Detective and Police Pyschologist Daphne Matthews are then pulled into the case."
Stefanie, Resident Scholar

"People are dying in Seattle - Victims of seemingly random poisoned food in supermarkets. The killer is insane but highly intelligent because he is long gone before the crime is spotted. Seattle police detective uses advanced technological, forensic and psychological tools to persue the killer. But how can you catch a killer when there is no crime scene or no witnesses."
Crybbe, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of No Witnesses
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Plot
Tone of story - Dry-cynical - very upbeat
How difficult to spot villain? - Challenging
Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999
Medical Thriller Yes
Medical Plotlets: - story of bio weapon/virus - poisoning
Spying/Terrorism Thriller Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets: - main char. spying/sabotage - stopping a saboteur/spy - preventing bomb/biohazard/disaster
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller Yes
General Crime (including known murderer) Yes
Who's the criminal enemy here? - finding a known killer

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - police/lawman
Age: - 40's-50's
How much violence does he/she use? - just the right amount
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - business executive
Eccentric: Yes - deluded
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - almost none - an average amount
Motive of antagonist - revenge - money/treasure
The antagonists are: - big business leader(s)
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
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
Part of a series? Yes
Person - mostly 3rd - rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death - generic/vague references to death/punishment
How many deaths? - 8 or more
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing - actual description of sex
A lot of techno jargon? Yes
Kind of jargon? - biology/medical
Unusual forms of death - poisoning
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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