| Gary Soneji desires to be "somebody". Somebody no one will ever forget. If it means he must kidnap and kill, that is what he'll do. His mistake is doing it in the Washington D.C. area where Detective Alex Cross works and lives. To move Gary quickly toward his goal of becoming "somebody", he kidnaps two children of prominant families. Hence the Secret Service involvment. The head of Secret Service Jessie Flanagan, works with Alex Cross to solve this kidnapping. Sparks fly between the two and it complicates things for Alex more than he could have imagined. The case itself has so many complications that Alex's relentless searching for the truth pays off in the most shocking revelation of his life. | ||
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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 The crook is.... - stalking/killing innocents 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 Crime plotlets: Is MAIN CHARACTER an EVIL criminal? Yes General Crime (including known murderer) Yes Who's the criminal enemy here? - finding a known killer If story PRIMARILY about main chr. being hunted... - hunted by killer/stalker Main Character Gender - Male Profession/status: Age: - 20's-30's Ethnicity/Race Main Adversary Identity: - Male Age: - 20's-30's Profession/status: Eccentric: Yes Motive of antagonist - power How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters Setting United States Yes The US: - Mid-Atlantic states Misc setting - prison Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey references to deaths/dead bodies and torture Explicit sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - actual description of sex - descript. of breasts - rape (yeech!) Unusual forms of death - perforation--bullets - perforation--swords/knives - blunt clubbing (like seals) Unusual form of death? Yes Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |
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