| When jockey Martin Stukely dies after a fall at Cheltenham, he accidentally embroils his friend Gerard Logan in a perilous search for a stolen videotape. Logan is a glassblower on the verge of widespread acclaim. Long accustomed to the frightful dangers inherent in molten glass and in maintaining a glassmaking furnace at never less than 1800 degrees Fahrenheit, Logan is suddenly faced with terrifying threats to his business, his courage, and his life. Believing that the missing video holds the key to a priceless treasure, and wrongly convinced that Logan knows where to find it, criminal forces set out to press him for information he doesn't have. To survive, he realizes that he himself must sort out the truth. The final race to the tape throws more hazards in Logan's way than his dead jockey friend could ever have imagined. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of story - very upbeat - How difficult to spot villain? - Challenging Time/era of story: Kind of investigator Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Crime Thriller Yes Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes Main Character Gender - Male Age: - 20's-30's Has special powers? Yes Magical/mental powers of main character: Main Adversary Age: - 40's-50's Eccentric: Yes Motive of antagonist - money/treasure How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor Setting Europe Yes European country: - England/UK Misc setting - scientific labs Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths Explicit sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - vague references Unusual forms of death - flamed Unusual form of death? Yes Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |
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