A very disturbing but highly compelling and exciting story of two runaway children, Cathy Connor and Eammon Docherty who leave home, become forced into care, abscond from the children's home and become drawn into the worlds of underage prostitution and London's gangland respectively. As the years go by, both children grow up in their illegal professions, gaining their reputations, and their paths will cross once again with terrifying consequences. | ||
Plot & Themes Tone of story - Time/era of story: Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book The crook is.... - criminal's rise in a crime organization - criminals killing each other - Get treasure/money from another criminal - Crime Thriller Yes Crime plotlets: Is MAIN CHARACTER an EVIL criminal? Yes General Crime (including known murderer) Yes Main Character Gender - Female Profession/status: Age: - a teen Unusual characteristics: Main Adversary Identity: - an organization Age: - long-lived adults Profession/status: Motive of antagonist - kicks The antagonists are: - gangs Setting United States Yes The US: - Northeast Europe Yes European country: - England/UK City? Yes City: - New York - London - Dirty, dangerous (like New York) - dangerous - wealthy - - rude people Misc setting - prison - resort/hotel - fancy mansion Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths Explicit sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - licking - impregnation/reproduction - actual description of sex - descript. of breasts - descript. of male nudity - rape (yeech!) Unusual forms of death - asphyxiation - dropped from large heights - rough sex - run over - drowned - perforation--bullets - exploded into bits Unusual form of death? Yes Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |