| Sheppard Earl, a bail bondsman and Terrance Jones, a bounty hunter, work hand in hand with Shep bailing them out and Terry chasing them down. Shep, who is a chain smoking cigarette addict, has financial and marital problems and stress like you wouldn't believe. Terry is a six-foot-six, 285 pound intimidating black man who is very sensitive to the plight of the minorities he is forced to apprehend, but making money seems to always rule in the end. Shep enjoys cheap thrills and encounters some enticing moments with a stripper who he bails out and almost crosses the line. Chasing down fugitives is the main theme of the book. What happens along the way fills in the story. In the end, Shep contemplates getting out of the business and Terry considers taking it off of his hands. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear) Time/era of story: Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book descript. of violence and chases - 20 % Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30 % How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20 % Crime Thriller Yes General Crime (including known murderer) Yes Who's the criminal enemy here? - catching con-artist Main Character Gender - Male Profession/status: Age: - 20's-30's Ethnicity/Race Main Adversary Identity: - Male Age: - 20's-30's Profession/status: Motive of antagonist - money/treasure The antagonists are: - Drug kingpins How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor Intelligence - Dumb Setting United States Yes The US: - Mid-Atlantic states City? Yes City: - Dirty, dangerous (like New York) Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death Explicit sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - descript. of breasts - descript. of other female areas Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |
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