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Book Review By Nick Warren
Double Jeopardy by Colin Forbes

Excellent suspenser in which four world leaders are scheduled to travel by train from Paris to Vienna for a peace summit. Two evil organisations are out to hijack the train and destabilise Europe for the own right-wing and communist interests - who will get to the politicians first? It is up to British secret agents Martel and Tweed, in his first outing, to stop the threat.


Plot & Themes
Tone of story - very upbeat
Time/era of story:
Spying/Terrorism Thriller Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets:
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
descript. of violence and chases - 20 %
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10 %
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20 %

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - 40's-50's

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status:
Eccentric: Yes
Motive of antagonist - power
The antagonists are: - nazis

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK - France - Germany - Switzerland
Forest? Yes
Water? Yes
Water: - pleasure/love boat - sail boat - scuba under - drowning
Air? Yes
Air: - passenger plane
City? Yes
City: - London - dangerous - wealthy -
Farm/Ranch? Yes
Farm/Ranch: - farm
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - hostile, like Gomer Pyle on steroids
Misc setting - resort/hotel - moving train - fort/military installation

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Unusual forms of death - asphyxiation - dropped from large heights - diced - run over - drowned - decapitated - perforation--bullets - perforation--swords/knives
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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