The Million Dollar Club
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2020-06-18
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MFA in Creative Writing, The University of Tampa
Abstract
The Million Dollar Club is a suspense, romance novel written in third person point of view. The
narrative involves several points of views as the story moves along. Amara Mackelroy, a young,
college educated African American is the protagonist. Amara is inquisitive to the point of
causing herself and others around her to get threatened or harmed. The antagonist, Ralph
Simpson is a conflicted individual who has taken it upon himself to relieve the west coast of
people he’s deemed are unnecessary and a menace to our society. He believes the only way to
relieve our society of these vermin as he affectionately calls them is to kill them. The story has
many twists and turns. The message or main point of the story is no one is above the law or has
the right to decide who lives or dies. Love prevails against hate and the world is not always so
black and white, right or wrong. The setting takes place in Seattle. The style of writing is
simple, sometimes colloquial and humorous. The tone throughout the story is mysterious. You
discover who one murderer is, but then the reader discovers there’s others who perpetuate his
quest by providing money and assistance. Also, another killer evolves as the reader follow
Amara as she doggedly uncovers clues and helps expose the second killer. The plot is filled with
background information about the setting, situation and characters. The first conflict causes
other problems to arise. In the end, the killers are identified and ulterior motives by minor
characters are exposed.
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Romance, Suspense, Novel