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Plot Summary of The 8th House
"Zoe Zignego thought she wanted to be psychic. Now she sees ghosts and dreams of murders. When she helps police solve a series of astrology-based murders, she finds her psychic proximity to 'The Astrologer' too close for comfort."
Wendy Jensen, Resident Scholar




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Plot
Tone of story - Dry-cynical - scarey (primal ax-wielding fear)
How difficult to spot villain? - Very difficult--no foreshadowing/clues
Time/era of story: - present (2000-2010)
What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 60%
Misc. Murder Plotlets - cooped up in spooky house
Kind of investigator - psychic investigator
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Any non-mystery subplot? - minority/women/homosexual issues
Crime Thriller Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - writer
Age: - 20's-30's
Has special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character: - mind reading - clairvoyant - can see into the future
Eccentric/Mental: Yes
Eccentric: - eccentric
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 - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - killer
Has special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - can cast all sorts of spells
Eccentric: Yes - obsessed - deluded - mentally ill - emotionally unstable
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount
Motive of antagonist - insanity
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: - Midwest

Style
Part of a series? Yes
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey descriptions deaths/dead bodies
How many deaths? - 5-7
Unusual forms of death - decapitated - perforation--swords/knives
Is this an e-book? Yes
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript
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