| The sequel to Break-In features the same hero Kit Fielding, champion steeplechase jockey. Still embroiled in a bitter, long-standing feud, this time an unknown criminal is destroying valuable race horses with a mysterious captive-bullet gun, or bolt. And his employers are being blackmailed into agreeing to manufacture plastic handguns that can't be detected by airport metal detectors. | ||
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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 - 30 % Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20 % How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20 % Crime Thriller Yes Crime plotlets: General Crime (including known murderer) Yes Is Romance a MAJOR (25%+) part of story? Yes 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 - money/treasure The antagonists are: - big business leader(s) How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters Setting Europe Yes European country: - England/UK City? Yes City: - London Misc setting - sewers/subways Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths Explicit sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - actual description of sex A lot of techno jargon? Yes Kind of jargon? - mechanical engineering Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |
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