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Plot Summary of Come Away, Death
"Psychiatrist detective Mrs. Bradley supervises a mentally disturbed archaeologist's attempts to re-enact the Mysteries of Eleusis. Several attempted murders and Homeric sacrifice occur, before a decapitated head turns up in a box formerly containing snakes."
Nicholas Fuller, Resident Scholar



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Plot
Tone of story - Dry-cynical - very upbeat
How difficult to spot villain? - Challenging
Time/era of story: - 1930's-1950's
What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 60%
Kind of investigator - british mystery (I say!)
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - scientist
Age: - long lived adults
Eccentric/Mental: Yes
Eccentric: - eccentric
How much violence does he/she use? - a little
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - scientist
Eccentric: Yes - obsessed - deluded - eccentric - mentally ill
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - throughout most of the book.
Motive of antagonist - insanity
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - bulging muscles

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - Greece

Style
Part of a series? Yes
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
How many deaths? - 2
Unusual forms of death - decapitated
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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