LITERARY

ANALYSIS

Submitted by: Pamate, Candice T.

(STEM 11-G)

Submitted to: Ms. Junilyn Samoya

 Theme of Novel
The theme of this Novel is all about Mystery.
It’s about finding who’s the real culprit behind the
unsolved murder cases in the town of Snowflake.

Setting
Snowflake, Vermont – Is a small town where the
unsolved mystery happens.

Spoonful Restaurant - is a Soup Shop owned by lucky

Jameson and her grandpa jack. It is where the book
signing

Lincoln Hotel – This is where Hilary stone and her

family stayed during the night of the crime scene.
 Characterization
Major Character:

1Lucky Jamieson – The protagonist in the story.

She plays host to a famous author during the book
signing. She’s a strong, loyal, determined,
stubborn woman who will do what she needs to
to take care of and protect her family, friends and
her town.
2Hilary Stone – The famous bestselling author in
town.
3Nate Edgerton – A police chief officer in the
town of snowflake.
4Hank North cross – The main suspect.
Sophie – Best friend of Lucky
Meg Findly – The Spoonful’s young waitress
5Horace Winthorpe – One of the spoonful’s
regulars
10Sage – The Spoonful’s Chef

Minor Characters:

6Mr Stone – The husband of Mrs. Stone

7Derek Stone – The son of Mr. and Mrs. stone.
8Sylvia Stone – Wife of Derek stone
9Dr. Cranleigh – One of the murder victim in the
town of snowflake.
 Plot
It all started when Lucky Jamieson opens up By the Spoonful to host
an event with a famous author Hilary Stone for a book signing.

She’s not expecting a bunch of people will come to her small soup
shop.

The next morning, Mrs. Stone was found death in her room. She is
killed just like the victims in her book. Hilary stone’s death is similar
to a recent unsolved murder in the area.

And that’s where lucky and her friends tried to search for the
unsolved mystery to find out who the real culprit is.

Analysis of the Author

Connie Archer is the national bestselling author of soup lovers
mystery series such as A spoonful of Murder, A Broth of Betrayal, A
Roux of Revenge, Ladle to the Grave and lastly, A clue in a Stew.

The author gave me the realization that in every situation It takes

both sides to build a bridge to solve the difficulty.
 Style of the story
The style of the novel “A clue in a stew” is very comprehensible. The
language that are us is Formal. The author really manage to keep
the readers feel comfortable or pleasant in reading it in order for you
to understand it better.
RESPONSE
ESSAY
 CLUE IN A STEW
Hilary Stone, the famous bestselling author, is coming to town for a book
signing. Lucky agrees to allow the author’s book signing to occur at by the
spoonful, her restaurant.

During the event, lucky was amazed at how many people come to the book
signing. Derek stone, (the son of Mr. and Mrs. Stone) escorted her mother
during the event everyone was shock by how beautiful and elegant Hilary
stone was. She wears a glamorous black dress with a heavy necklace of
sapphires and diamonds.

The event will be going on until nine pm.

A few hours later, the evening is over. Derek escorted his mother out of the
room and down the corridor to the back door. Everyone started drifting away.

The next morning, everyone at the town was shocked when they heard the
news that Hilary stone was found dead in her room at the inn.

Chief Nate Edgerton witnessed a horrible crime as he saw Hillary Stone’s neck
was strangled up with a telephone cord/wire. He found out that Hilary stone
death has a similar case in his investigation.

Lucky finds out that Hilary Stone has been murdered. Worse yet, she was
murdered using the very same method as her own book. Then Lucky finds out
that one of her regulars has gone missing and things go from bad to worse.
Witnesses can place her missing friend Hank at the scene of the murder. Lucky
knows he is innocent, but if she cannot find him how can she prove it. As far
as she is concerned the murdered author’s family should be the prime
suspects. They are rude and plain odd. Lucky and her friends dig up old history,
buried secrets, hidden relationships and hopefully come up with the true killer.
That’s when lucky and her friends made an “Murder investigation club”

Mr. Chief Edgerton and Lucky and her friends help each other to find the real
culprit.

Every day they share their ideas and information in the spoonful’s restaurant.
At that day, Hank was still missing. lucky and her friends wondered why hank
was still not showed up. Lucky and Horace went to the house of Hank and their
they found out that Hank has an ex-wife and that was Hilary Stone.

Chief Edgerton went to